Introduction: So that rivals do not slander this collection of jokes for its inelegance | Ne Aemuli Carpant Facetiarum Opus, Propter Eloquentiae Tenuitatem |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 114: About the prostitute who complained about the barber’s evil deed | Facetia CXIV: De Meretrice Conquerente De Tonsoris Maleficio |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 121: The Brilliant Dante's Joke | Facetia CXXI: Iocatio Dantis clarissimi |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 13: The saying of the cook of the famous duke of Milan | Facetia XIII: Dictum Coci Illustrissimo Duci Mediolanensi Habitum |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 273: The obscene comparison of the teeth that threatened to fall out | Facetia CCLXXIII: De dentibus casum minantibus similitudo obscena |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 27: The pregnant sister of the citizen of Constance | Facetia XXVII: Civis Constantiae Soror Gravida Facta |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 54: About the man who wounded Ridolfo (II da Varano di Camerino) with an arrow | Facetia LIV: De Quodam Qui Redolphum Sagittando Vulneravit |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 57: The elegant reply of the Florentine poet Dante | Facetia LVII: Responsio elegans dantis poete florentini |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 58: A witty reply from the same poet | Facetia LVIII: Eiusdem poete faceta responsio |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 5: About the stupid man who thought his wife had two pussies | Facetia V: De Homine Insulso Qui Existimavit Duos Cunnos In Uxore |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 70: The greedy man who tasted urine | Facetia LXX: De Avaro Qui Urinam Degustavit |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 81: The debate between a Florentine and a Venetian | Facetia LXXXI: Disceptatio Inter Florentinum Et Venetum |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Joke 82: Antonio Loschi’s analogy | Facetia LXXXII: Comparatio Antonii Lusci |
Poggio Bracciolini |
15th Century |
Latin |
Humor |
Junius Childbirth Charm | "Maria virgo peperit Christum" |
Anonymous |
11th Century |
English |
Devotional literature |
Junius Childbirth Charm | "Maria virgo peperit Christum" |
Anonymous |
11th Century |
Latin |
Devotional literature |
Marston Childbirth Prayer | "Omnipotens sempiterne Deus" |
Anonymous |
14th Century |
Latin |
Devotional literature |
Memorial of our father Ignatios, Patriarch of Constantinople | μνήμη τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰγατίου πατριάρχου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως |
Anonymous |
10th Century, 11th Century |
Greek |
Vita |
Memorial on the Bones of the Buddha | 論佛骨表 |
Han Yu 韓愈 |
9th Century |
Chinese |
Discursive works |
Muspilli | Muspilli |
Anonymous |
9th Century |
German |
Narrative poetry |
Of the names of the Prussian false gods | Vonn dem namen der Preuschen abgöttir |
Simon Grunau |
16th Century |
German |
Annals and chronicles, History |
On April - to the Praise of its Creator | ܥܠ ܢܝܣܢ ܫܘܒܚܐ ܠܡܟܝܢܢܗ |
Bar ‘Ebroyo |
13th Century |
Syriac |
Lyric poetry |
On the Explanation of Dreams (Somniale Ioseph) | Ad explanandum sompnium |
Anonymous |
13th Century |
Latin |
Handbooks and manuals |
On the Merciful God and on the Birds’ Glorifications | در توحید خداوند غفور و تسبیح طیور فرماید |
Sanā’ī of Ghazna |
12th Century |
Persian |
Laudatory poetry, Qaṣīdas |
On the Origin of the Pastoral Care | De origine Regulae pastoralis |
Anonymous |
7th Century, 8th Century, 9th Century |
Latin |
History |
Prologue to the Book of Histories | Li prologue ou livre des estoires |
Anonymous |
13th Century |
French |
History |
Regarding blessed Haseka, virgin recluse in Westphalia | De B. Haseka, virgine reclusa in Westphalia |
Hermann Greven |
15th Century |
Latin |
Biographies |
Regarding Sister Agnes Waller of Blessed Memory | Item de sorore sancte memorie Agnete, Wallaria cognomento |
Various |
13th Century, 14th Century |
Latin |
Vita |
Romance of the French (Alfred) | Le Roman des Franceis (Arflet) |
André de Coutances |
12th Century |
French |
Satirical literature |
Sermon on St. Nobody | Nemo [Sermon] |
Anonymous |
13th Century |
Latin |
Parody |
Sermon on the Coming of the Lord | sermo de adventu domini |
Meister Eckhart |
13th Century |
German |
Devotional prose |
Song IV "Go quickly, little letter" | Carmen IV "Cartula, perge cito" |
Alcuin |
8th Century |
Latin |
Personal correspondence, Travel writing |
Strange Dogs | 犬異 |
Hong Mai 洪邁 |
12th Century |
Chinese |
Local histories |
The Bordesholm Virgin Mary's Lament | Die Bordesholmer Marienklage |
Anonymous |
15th Century |
German |
Play |
The Burial of Arthur | Claddedigaeth Arthur |
Anonymous |
13th Century |
Middle Welsh |
History |
The Captivity of Peter Perény, István Majlád and Bálint Török | Príni Péternek, Majlát Istvánnak és Terek Bálintnak fogságokról |
Sebastian Tinódi |
16th Century |
Hungarian |
Epic poetry, Songs |
The Charcoal-Burner of Nevers | Il Carbonaio di Niversa |
Jacopo Passavanti |
14th Century |
Italian |
Exempla |
The Chastity of Mr. Wu's Wife | 譚氏節操 |
Hong Mai 洪邁 |
12th Century |
Chinese |
History |
The Concubine of Mr. Yao | 姚氏妾 |
Hong Mai 洪邁 |
12th Century |
Chinese |
Local histories |
The Dream of Gong Yu | 龔輿夢 |
Hong Mai 洪邁 |
12th Century |
Chinese |
Local histories |
The Girl Who Wanted to Fly | La pucele qui vouloit voler |
Anonymous |
13th Century |
French |
Narrative poetry |
The Gosling | Daz Genselin |
Anonymous |
13th Century |
German |
Narrative poetry |
The King of Tars | Þe king of Tars |
Anonymous |
14th Century |
English |
Narrative poetry |
The Lay of Ludwig | Das Ludwigslied |
Anonymous |
9th Century |
German |
History, Narrative poetry |
The Legend of the Damsel Carcayçiona | ءَالْرَاكُنْتَمِيانْتُ دَا لَذُنْزَالّ كركيسينُ |
Anonymous |
16th Century |
Aljamiado |
Devotional poetry, Narrative poetry |
The Loss of Buda and Captivity of Bálint Török | Buda veszéséröl és Terek Bálint fogságárol |
Sebastian Tinódi |
16th Century |
Hungarian |
Event poetry |
The Moral Dialogue of Creatures [Preface] | Dyalogus creaturarum moralizatus [Præfatio] |
Nicolaus Pergamenus [att.] |
14th Century |
Latin |
Dialogues |
The Passion of the Holy Virgins: Hope, Faith, Charity, and their Mother, Wisdom | Passio Sanctarum Virginum: Spei, Fidei, Karitatis, et Matris earum Sapientiae |
Anonymous |
12th Century |
Latin |
Devotional prose, Narrative Prose |
The Queen of France | Die Königin von Frankreich |
von Schondoch |
15th Century |
German |
Narrative poetry |
The Song of Gutenberg | Gutenberglied |
Hans Folz |
15th Century |
German |
Didactic poetry |
The Song of Heinrich | De Heinrico |
Anonymous |
9th Century |
German |
Narrative poetry |