1010s books

thumb|Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram V|Bahram Gur and Azadeh. The imagery on this plate represents the earliest known depiction of a well-known episode from the story of Bahram Gur, which seems to have been popular for centuries, but was only recorded in the Shahnameh, centuries after this plate was created. Iran, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

11th century treatise on optics by Ibn al-Haytham

diary written by Murasaki Shikibu, author of The Tale of Genji.

1012 AD Ottonian illuminated manuscript