“Just as the elephant” | “Atressi cum l'orifans” |
Rigaut de Berbezilh |
12th Century |
Occitan |
Songs |
Copy of the riddle that was said to have been found in the temple of Saturn written on a golden tablet | نسخة اللغز الذي قيل انها وجدت في هيكل زحل مكتوبة في لوح ذهب |
Anonymous, Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq [att.] |
9th Century, 10th Century, 11th Century |
Arabic |
Riddles |
"Let the days do as they please" | دع الأيام تفعل ما تشاء |
Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī |
8th Century, 9th Century |
Arabic |
Poetry |
Noble prayer said when standing before kings, known by experience to be beneficial (God most high willing) | دعاء شريف يقال عند مقابلة الملوك نافع مجرب إن شاء الله تعالى |
Abū Nuʻaym al-Iṣbahānī [att.] |
11th Century |
Arabic |
Devotional prose, Vita |
“Were it not that poesy tarnished scholars” | ولو لا الشعر بالعلماء يزري |
Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī |
8th Century, 9th Century |
Arabic |
Poetry |
"Your friend contests whomever you contest" | "صديقك من يعادي من تعادي" |
Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī |
8th Century, 9th Century |
Arabic |
Poetry |
An account of how the Cypriots gained victory over Alexandria | ذكر كيفية ظفر القبرسي بالإسكندرية |
Muhammad ibn Qāsim ibn Muhammad al-Nuwayrī al-Iskandarāniyy |
14th Century |
Arabic |
Annals and chronicles |
"Everything's destined toward demise" | "كلُّ شيء مصيره للزوال" |
al-Ḥārith ibn ʿUbād |
5th Century, 6th Century |
Arabic |
Elegies |
“Can you make out twilight’s ruins?” | “هل عرفت الغداة من أطلال” |
al-Muhalhil |
5th Century, 6th Century |
Arabic |
Elegies |
In Honor of the Holy Cross | In honorem sanctae crucis |
Rabanus Maurus |
9th Century |
Latin |
Devotional poetry |
The Song of Heinrich | De Heinrico |
Anonymous |
9th Century |
Latin |
Narrative poetry |
Concerning the Wicked Woman | De Muliere Mala |
Petrus Pictor |
11th Century, 12th Century |
Latin |
Didactic poetry |
Concerning Saturn and the Cloud | De Saturno et nube |
Nicolaus Pergamenus [att.] |
14th Century |
Latin |
Dialogues |
Concerning the Sun and the Moon | De sole et luna |
Nicolaus Pergamenus [att.] |
14th Century |
Latin |
Dialogues |
Concerning Fire and Water | De igne et aqua |
Nicolaus Pergamenus [att.] |
14th Century |
Latin |
Dialogues |
Concerning the Leopard and the Unicorn Who Fought the Dragon | De leopardo et unicorni |
Nicolaus Pergamenus [att.] |
14th Century |
Latin |
Dialogues |
Concerning Man and Woman | De homine et muliere |
Nicolaus Pergamenus [att.] |
14th Century |
Latin |
Dialogues |
Concerning Precious Topaz | De topasio pretioso |
Nicolaus Pergamenus [att.] |
14th Century |
Latin |
Dialogues |
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 |
Sermon on St. Nobody | Nemo [Sermon] |
Anonymous |
13th Century |
Latin |
Parody |
Regarding Sister Agnes Waller of Blessed Memory | Item de sorore sancte memorie Agnete, Wallaria cognomento |
Various |
13th Century, 14th Century |
Latin |
Vita |
An Explanation of Divination Through the Apostles | Sortes apostolite ad explanandum |
Anonymous |
13th Century |
Latin |
Handbooks and manuals |
On the Explanation of Dreams (Somniale Ioseph) | Ad explanandum sompnium |
Anonymous |
13th Century |
Latin |
Handbooks and manuals |
Song IV "Go quickly, little letter" | Carmen IV "Cartula, perge cito" |
Alcuin |
8th Century |
Latin |
Personal correspondence, Travel writing |
On the Origin of the Pastoral Care | De origine Regulae pastoralis |
Anonymous |
7th Century, 8th Century, 9th Century |
Latin |
History |
Concerning Life and Death | De vita et morte |
Nicolaus Pergamenus [att.] |
14th Century |
Latin |
Dialogues |
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 |
Conclusion | Conclusio |
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 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 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 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 |
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 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 |
Regarding blessed Haseka, virgin recluse in Westphalia | De B. Haseka, virgine reclusa in Westphalia |
Hermann Greven |
15th Century |
Latin |
Biographies |
Marston Childbirth Prayer | "Omnipotens sempiterne Deus" |
Anonymous |
14th Century |
Latin |
Devotional literature |
Junius Childbirth Charm | "Maria virgo peperit Christum" |
Anonymous |
11th Century |
Latin |
Devotional literature |
In Honor of St. Augustine | Hymnus in honorem Sancti Augustini |
Adam of St. Victor [att.] |
12th Century |
Latin |
Devotional literature |
The Burial of Arthur | Claddedigaeth Arthur |
Anonymous |
13th Century |
Middle Welsh |
History |
The Dream of Gong Yu | 龔輿夢 |
Hong Mai 洪邁 |
12th Century |
Chinese |
Local histories |
Chen Wangyou’s Daughter-in-Law | 陳王猷子妇 |
Hong Mai 洪邁 |
12th Century |
Chinese |
Local histories |
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 |