Works
| Title | Author | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book of Fixed Stars | Sufi, Abd Al-Rahman !Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi | Treatise on astronomy including a star catalogue and star charts | 964 !c. 964 |
| Al-Tasrif | Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi | Medical encyclopedia | 1000 !Completed in 1000 |
| Josippon | Joseph ben Gorion | History of the Jews from the destruction of Babylon to the Siege of Jerusalem | 940 |
| Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity | Brethren of Purity | Philosophical-scientific encyclopedia | 900 !10th century |
| Aleppo Codex | Buya'aa !Shlomo ben Buya'aa | Copy of the Bible | 920 |
| De Administrando Imperio | Constantine VII | Political geography of the world | 950 !c. 950 |
| Three Treatises on Imperial Military Expeditions | Constantine VII !Associated with Constantine VII | Treatises providing information on military campaigns in Asia Minor | 900 !Based on material compiled in the early 10th century, current form dates to the late 950s |
| Geoponica | Constantine VII !Compiled under the patronage of Constantine VII | Agricultural manual | 900 !Compiled in its present form in the 10th century |
| Thorsdrapa !Þórsdrápa | Eilifr Godrunarson !Eilífr Goðrúnarson | Skaldic poem with Thor as its protagonist | 900 !10th century |
| Hakonarmal !Hákonarmál | Eyvindr skaldaspillir !Eyvindr skáldaspillir | Poem composed in memory of Haakon I of Norway | 900 !Probably 10th century |
| Haleygjatal !"Háleygjatal" | Eyvindr skaldaspillir !Eyvindr skáldaspillir | Poem seeking to establish the Hlaðir dynasty as the social equal of the Hárfagri dynasty | 1000 !End of the 10th century |
| Kitab al-Aghani | Faraj al-Isfahani, Abu !Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani | Collection of songs, biographical information, and information relating to the lives and customs of the early Arabs and of the Muslim Arabs of the Ummayad and Abbasid Caliphates | 900 !10th century |
| Shahnameh | Ferdowsi | Epic poem | 977 !Begun c. 977, finished 1010 |
| Benedictional of St. Æthelwold | Godeman (a scribe) for Æthelwold of Winchester | Benedictional including pontifical benedictions for use at mass at different points of the liturgical year | 963 !Written and illuminated between 963 and 984 |
| Tactica of Emperor Leo VI the Wise | Leo VI the Wise | Handbook dealing with military formations and weapons | 900 !Early 10th century |
| Exeter Book | Leofric !Given to Exeter Cathedral by Bishop Leofric | Collection of Old English poetry | 965 !Copied c. 975 |
| "Deor" | Leofric !Given to Exeter Cathedral by Bishop Leofric (part of the Exeter Book) | The only surviving Old English poem with a fully developed refrain; possibly of a Norse background | 965 !Copied c. 975 |
| "The Rhyming Poem" | Leofric !Given to Exeter Cathedral by Bishop Leofric (part of the Exeter Book) | Poem in couplets utilising rhyme, which was rarely used in Anglo-Saxon literature | 965 !Copied c. 975 |
| Extensive Records of the Taiping Era | Li Fang !Compiled by Li Fang | Collection of anecdotes and stories | 977–78 |
| Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era | Li Fang !Compiled by Li Fang | Encyclopedia | 984 |
| Greek Anthology | Meleager !Originally compiled by Meleager, combined by Constantinus Cephalas with works by Philippus of Thessalonica, Diogenianus, Agathias and others; part of a later revision compiled by Maximus Planudes | Collection of Greek epigrams, songs, epitaphs and rhetorical exercises | 1 !Originally compiled in the 1st century BCE, expanded in the 9th century, revised and augmented in the 10th century, expanded again from a manuscript compiled in 1301 |
| Wamyo Ruijusho !Wamyō Ruijushō | Minamoto no Shitagō !Compiled by Minamoto no Shitagō | Collection of Japanese terms | 935 !Mid-930s |
| Gosen Wakashu !Gosen Wakashū | Murakami !Ordered by Emperor Murakami | Imperial waka anthology | 951 !c. 951 |
| History of the Prophets and Kings | Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari | Universal history | 956 !Unfinished at the time of Tabari's death in 956 |
| Praecepta Militaria | Nikephoros II Phokas !Attributed to Nikephoros II Phokas | Military manual | 965 |
| Escorial Taktikon | Oikonomides !Edited by Nikolaos Oikonomides (1972) | Precedence list | 975 !Drawn up between 975 and 979 |
| Bodhi Vamsa | Upatissa of Upatissa Nuwara | Prose poem describing the bringing of a branch of the Bodhi tree to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century | 980 !c. 980 |
| Five Dynasties History | Xue Juzheng | Account of China's Five Dynasties | 974 |
| Chronicon Salernitanum | Anonymous | Annals | 974 |
| Gesta Berengarii imperatoris | Anonymous | Epic poem | 900 !Early 10th century |
| Kokin Wakashu !Kokin Wakashū | Compiled by a committee of bureaucrats recognised as superior poets | Anthology of Japanese poetry | 905 !Compiled c. 905 |
| Annales Cambriae | Diverse sources | Chronicle believed to cover a period beginning 447 | 970 !c. 970 |
| Waltharius | Unknown Frankish monk | Epic poem about the Germanic Heroic Age | 850 !First circulated/published c. 850 to c. 950 |
| Leofric Missal | Unknown scribes | Service book | 900 !Core written c. 900, with an addition made c. 980 |
| Eiriksmal !"Eiríksmál" | Unknown | Poem composed in memory of Eric Bloodaxe | 900 !Probably 10th century |
| Khaboris Codex | Unknown | Oldest known copy of the New Testament | 900 !10th century |
| Suda | Unknown | Encyclopedia | 900 !10th century |
| Tractatus coislinianus | Unknown | Manuscript containing a statement of a Greek theory of comedy | 900 !10th century |
| Beowulf | Unknown | Epic | 600 !Believed to have been written between the 7th and 10th centuries |
| Ishinpō | Tanba Yasunori | Encyclopedia of Chinese medicine | 982 !Issued in 982 |
| Hudud al-'alam | Unknown | Concise geography of the world | 982 !Begun 982–983 |
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