10th Century in Literature - Works

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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