Литературные события и публикации X века.

Overview of the events of the 900s in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in the 10th century. TOC

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 c. 990s 1000s Japan Kavijanasrayam Malliya Rechana Telugu poetic prosody book c. 900 950 Paphnutius Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim Play c. 935 1002 Vikramarjuna Vijaya Adikavi Pampa Kannada version of the epic Mahabharata c. 939? 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 De Administrando Imperio 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" 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 Gesta Berengarii imperatoris 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 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 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

Name Description Dates Abu Firas al Hamdani Arab poet 932–968 Algebraist Author of homilies in Old English, and three works to assist in learning Latin, the Grammar, the Glossary and the Colloquy (probably with Aelfric Bata. Also a Bible translator Anglo Saxon historian Akazome Emon (赤染衛門) Japanese waka poet Philosopher born in modern Iran Al Maʿarri Arab poet born near Aleppo, Syria 973–1057 Al Masudi Arab historian and geographer Al Mutanabbi Arabic poet 915–965 Author of the Fehrest, an encyclopedia Al Natili Arabic language author in the medical field Alchabitius Author of Al madkhal ilā sināʿat Aḥkām al nujūm, a treatise on astrology; from Iraq Aldred the Scribe Author of the glosses in the Lindisfarne Gospels Alhazen Mathematician, died in Cairo Asser Welsh biographer and bishop, died in Sherborne died 1909 Bal'ami Vizier to the Samanids and translator of the Ṭabarī into Persian Persian writer 915–960s Persian Muslim polymath 849–934 Arabic and Persian language poet Bard Boinne Described in the Annals of the Four Masters as the "chief poet of Ireland" Arab astronomer Karaite lexicographer from Fes Scholar and polymath of the late Samanids and early Ghaznavids 973 – after 1050 Mathematician and astronomer; author of Kitāb fī mā yaḥtaj ilayh al kuttāb wa'l ʿummāl min ʾilm al ḥisāb, an arithmetic textbook; of Persian descent 940 – 997 or 998 Cináed ua hArtacáin Irish poet and author of dinsenchas poems Constantine VII Byzantine emperor and author of De Administrando Imperio and De Ceremoniis 905–959 Poet, probably born in Ṭūs Italian physician and writer on medicine and astrology 913 – after 982 Viking skald and adventurer Icelandic skald Einarr Helgason Skald for Norwegian ruler Haakon Sigurdsson Author of a history of the world and treatises on medicine and theology 876–940 Eysteinn Valdason Icelandic skald Icelandic skald Muslim philosopher Literary scholar and author of an encyclopedic work on Arabic music 897–967 Ferdowsi Persian poet and author of the Shahnameh, the Persian national epic Flodoard French historian and chronicler 894–966 Frithegod British poet, author of Breviloquium vitae Wilfridi, a version of Stephen of Ripon's Vita Sancti Wilfrithi written in hexameters Fujiwara no Asatada (藤原 公任) One of the Thirty six Poetry Immortals Japanese poet and critic responsible for the initial gathering of the Thirty six Poetry Immortals 966–1041 Fujiwara no Takamitsu (藤原 高光) Japanese poet, one of the Thirty six Poetry Immortals Fujiwara no Tametoki (藤原 為時) Japanese waka and kanshi poet and father of Murasaki Shikibu Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (藤原 敏行) Japanese poet Iranian astronomer Guthormr sindri Norwegian skald Babylonian historian Icelandic skald Arabic belle lettrist and inventor of the maqāma genre 968–1008 Arabian geographer Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi Armenian man of letters Hrotsvitha German dramatist and poet Ibn al Faqih Persian historian and geographer Ibn al Jazzar Physician Historian of Muslim Spain, born in Seville and of Visigothic descent Ibn Duraid Arabian poet 837–934 Ibn Hawqal Author of Kitāb al masālik wa'l mamālik, a book on geography; born in Nisibis Ibn Juljul Author of Tabaqāt al atibbāʾ wa'l hukamả, a summary of the history of medicine 944 – c. 994 Ibn Khordadbeh Author on subjects including history, genealogy, geography, music, and wines and cookery; of Persian descent Ioane Zosime Georgian religious writer, hymnographer and translator (伊勢) Japanese waka poet, mother of Nakatsukasa European scholar, poet and bishop c. 895–c. 965 Izumi Shikibu (和泉式部) Japanese waka poet Spanish Jewish geographer Jayadeva Indian mathematician Mathematician, lived in Baghdad 953 – c. 1029 Astronomer and number theorist from Khurasan Astronomer and mathematician born in Khujand Author of Mafātih al 'ulũm (Keys of the Sciences) Ki no Tokibumi Japanese poet, one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber Ki no Tsurayuki (紀 貫之) Japanese waka poet, critic and diarist; one of the compilers of the Kokin Wakashū Kishi Joō (徽子女王) Japanese poet and one of the Thirty six Poetry Immortals 929–985 Kiyohara no Motosuke (清原 元輔) Japanese poet: one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber Liutprand of Cremona Italian historian and author Luo Yin (羅隱) Japanese poet 833–909 Author of Kāmil al Ṣinā'ah al Tibbiyyah, a compendium; born near Shiraz Astronomer, born in Gīlān Mansur Al Hallaj Arabic speaking mystic and author of the Ṭawāsin, a collection of 11 reflective essays; born near Beyza 857–922 Persian writer on topics including history, theology, philosophy and medicine Principal compiler of the legends of saints in the Menologia of the Greek Orthodox Church Mibu no Tadamine Japanese waka poet and one of the Thirty six Poetry Immortals Michitsuna no Haha ( 藤原道綱母) Author of Kagerō nikki (The Gossamer Years) Minamoto no Kintada (源 公忠) Japanese poet and one of the Thirty six Poetry Immortals 889–948 Minamoto no Muneyuki (源 宗于) Japanese poet Minamoto no Saneakira (源 信明) Japanese poet 916–970 Minamoto no Shigeyuki (源 重之) Japanese poet Minamoto no Shitagō (源 順) Japanese poet: one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi Poet born in Seville Muhammad ibn Jarir al Tabari Writer on theology, literature and history, born in Tabriz 839–923 Arabian traveller and author of a Description of the Lands of Islam, an Arabic geography Writer and, for one day, caliph of the Abbasid dynasty Nagavarma I Author of the Chandōmbudhi, the first treatise on Kannada metrics Nakatsukasa (中務) One of the Thirty six Poetry Immortals, daughter of Lady Ise Philosopher, lived in Kairouan (能因) Japanese poet 988–1050? Notker Labeo German theologian, philologist, mathematician, astronomer, connoisseur of music, and poet Odo of Cluny Author of a biography of Gerald of Aurillac, a series of moral essays, some sermons, an epic poem and 12 choral antiphons 878/9–942 Described in the Annals of the Four Masters as the "chief poet of Ireland" (大中臣 頼基) Japanese poet, one of the Thirty six Poetry Immortals (大中臣 能宣) Japanese poet, one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber 922–991 Ono no Komachi (小野 小町) Japanese poet 834–900 (凡河内 躬恒) Japanese waka poet Kannada language poet 902–945 Astronomer and mathematician from Tabaristan Qusta ibn Luqa Scholar of Greek Christian origin whose work included astronomy, mathematics, medicine and philosophy Ratherius Author of works including a criticism of the social classes of his time and two defences of his right to the Diocese of Liège Physician, scientist, philosopher and author of alchemy and logic; born in Rey, Iran 865–925 Chronicler and author of works on ecclesiastical discipline and liturgical singing, born in Altrip Richerus Chronicler from Reims Persian author of a geographical compendium Mathematician and astronomer who flourished in Turkmenistan Geometer Sakanoue no Mochiki Japanese poet, one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber Philosopher from Sijistan Islamic philosopher Sijzi Geometer, astrologer and astronomer, born in Sijistan Geometer from Baghdad 908–946 Court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni Somadeva Suri South Indian Jain monk and author of the Upāsakādyayana, a central text of Digambara śrāvakācāra literature Sosei (素性) One of the Thirty six Poetry Immortals 859–923 Astronomer in Iran 903–986 Sugawara no Michizane (菅原 道真/菅原 道眞) Japanese statesman, historian and poet 845–903 Symeon the Studite "Spiritual father" of Symeon the New Theologian and author of the "Ascetical Discourse", a narrative intended for monks 917 or 924 – c. 986–7 Ukhtanes of Sebastia Chronicler of the history of Armenia Mathematician, possibly from Damascus Indian mathematician Wang Yucheng (王禹偁) Chinese Song dynasty poet and official 954–1001 Widukind of Corvey Saxon historian Xue Juzheng (薛居正) Author of the Old History of the Five Dynasties, an account of China's Five Dynasties 912–981 Egyptian mathematician Physician and author of Al Tasrif, from Al Andalus 936–1013