1564 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1564. Events January – János Zsámboky (Johannes Sambucus) completes the preface to his Emblemata. February 6 – John Calvin, in the throes of his final illness, preaches his last sermon, in Geneva. March 1 – Ivan Fyodorov with Pyotr Mstislavets prints the Acts and Epistles of the Apostles (an Apostolos), the first printed work in the Russian language that can be dated, at the Moscow Print Yard. unknown dates A revised edition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, authorised by the Council of Trent, is printed in Venice. A chained library (librije) with access for the public is attached to the church of St. Walburgis in Zutphen, Netherlands. It will still be extant with its original fittings in the 21st century. New books Prose John Dee – Monas Hieroglyphica Magdeburger Centurien (Magdeburg Centuries), volumes VII and VIII Girolamo Maggi – Miscellanorum, seu Variarum Lectionum