10th century in literature

This article is a list of literary events and publications in the 10th century. __TOC__

Works Title Author Description Date Book of Fixed Stars Treatise on astronomy including a star catalogue and star charts The Pillow Book Sei Shōnagon diary / journal / memoire Japan Kavijanasrayam Malliya Rechana Telugu poetic prosody book Paphnutius Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim Play -1002 Adikavi Pampa Kannada version of the epic Mahabharata ? Al-Tasrif Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi Medical encyclopedia 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 Aleppo Codex Copy of the Bible 920 Constantine VII Political geography of the world Three Treatises on Imperial Military Expeditions Treatises providing information on military campaigns in Asia Minor Geoponica Agricultural manual Skaldic poem with Thor as its protagonist Poem composed in memory of Haakon I of Norway Poem seeking to establish the Hlaðir dynasty as the social equal of the Hárfagri dynasty Kitab al-Aghani Collection of songs, biographical information, and information relating to the lives and customs of the early Arabs and of the Muslim Arabs of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates Shahnameh Ferdowsi Epic poem 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 Tactica of Emperor Leo VI the Wise Leo VI the Wise Handbook dealing with military formations and weapons Exeter Book Collection of Old English poetry, including "The Wife's Lament" "Deor" The only surviving Old English poem with a fully developed refrain; possibly of a Norse background "The Rhyming Poem" Poem in couplets utilising rhyme, which was rarely used in Anglo-Saxon literature Extensive Records of the Taiping Era Collection of anecdotes and stories 977–78 Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era Encyclopedia 984 Greek Anthology Collection of Greek epigrams, songs, epitaphs and rhetorical exercises Collection of Japanese terms Imperial waka anthology Yamato Monogatari (大和物語) Unknown Uta monogatari (narrative fiction with waka poetry) History of the Prophets and Kings Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari Universal history Praecepta Militaria Military manual 965 Escorial Taktikon Precedence list 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 Old History of the Five Dynasties Xue Juzheng Account of China's Five Dynasties 974 Chronicon Salernitanum Anonymous Annals 974 Chronicon Æthelweardi Æthelweard Latin version of Anglo-Saxon Chronicle After 975 and probably before 983 Anonymous Epic poem (古今和歌集) Compiled by a committee of bureaucrats recognised as superior poets Anthology of Japanese poetry Annales Cambriae Diverse sources Chronicle believed to cover a period beginning 447 Waltharius Unknown Frankish monk Epic poem about the Germanic Heroic Age Leofric Missal Unknown scribes Service book Unknown Poem composed in memory of Eric Bloodaxe Khaboris Codex Unknown Oldest known copy of the New Testament Suda Unknown Encyclopedia Tractatus coislinianus Unknown Manuscript containing a statement of a Greek theory of comedy Beowulf Unknown Epic Ishinpō Tanba Yasunori Encyclopedia of Chinese medicine Hudud al-'alam Unknown Concise geography of the world Ōjōyōshū Genshin Kanbun Buddhist text Karnataka Kadambari Nagavarma I Romance in champu (mixed prose and verse) Chhandombudhi Nagavarma I Treatise on prosody in Vijayanagara literature in Kannada Completes the first draft of Shahnameh (The Book of Kings) Ferdowsi a long epic poem, the national epic of Greater Iran 999 Ferdowsi completing the first draft of the Šāh-nāma. iranicaonline.org Tomida femina Anonymous Charm, the oldest known complete Occitan poem The Battle of Maldon Anonymous Old English heroic poem (earliest manuscript lost 1731) Passio Sancti Eadmundi Abbo of Fleury Hagiographic account of the death of Edmund the Martyr

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