Medieval literature

The Quran (, ), also romanized '''Qur'an or Koran', is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allāh). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which consist of individual verses (''). Besides its religious significance, it is widely regarded as the finest work in Arabic literature, and has significantly influenced the Arabic language.

Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia.

thumb|right|The troubadour Perdigon playing his fiddle

thumb|Chronicon Pictum, the "Illuminated Chronicle" from the royal Hungarian court from 1358 A chronicle (, from Greek chroniká, from , chrónos – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the chronicler. A chronicle which traces world history is a universal chronicle. This is in contrast to a narrative or history, in which an author chooses events to interpret and analyze and

Old East Slavic heroic poem

13th-century Norse work of literature written in Iceland

literature produced during the Middle Ages

medieval French poem

collection of hagiographies compiled by Jacobus de Voragine c.1264

thumb|Miniature of Vincent of Beauvais writing in a manuscript of the Speculum Historiale in French, Bruges, c. 1478–1480, [[British Library Royal 14 E. i, vol. 1, f. 3, probably representing the library of the Dukes of Burgundy.]]

literature of the Byzantine Empire

13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Marco Polo

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group of narratives

literary movement

thumb|Detail of the Old English manuscript of the poem [[Beowulf, showing the words (), meaning .]]

Land of Eternal Youth in Irish mythology

runestone

water sprite from European mythology

1485 reworking of existing tales about King Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory

autobiographical work by Dante Alighieri

genre of Medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainment

275px|thumb|According to the Nibelungenlied (1859) by [[Peter von Cornelius, Gunther orders Hagen to drop the hoard into the Rhine.]]

alt=A helmeted figure emerges from behind a fountain, topped with two lions. That is being approached from the other side by an unarmoured rider. Below the horse is a setting sun. Painted underneath this scene are trees shown in different seasons of the year.|thumb|300px|right|Achilles (left) ambushing Troilus (on horseback, right). Etruscan art|Etruscan [[fresco, Tomb of the Bulls, Tarquinia, 530–520 BC.]]

mystical language created by St. Hildegard of Bingen

Old Irish epiclike tale surviving in three 12th-century manuscripts

body of Medieval literature associated with Great Britain and Brittany, and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur

cycle of Old French fables

thumb|Trouvère song in the 13th century Chansonnier du Roi, BnF fr. 844, fol. 5r. The trouvère depicted is Count [[Theobald II of Bar.]]

essay by Dante Alighieri

group of old Irish tales and legends

community of Sicilian poets

plays and playmaking in the Middle Ages

educational literary genre

romantic story from the Middle Ages (aristocratic version)

legendary medieval figure

body of prose and verse on the mythical hero Fionn mac Cumhaill

Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality

major work by Thomas Aquinas

mythical character inspired by Theoderic the Great

4th-century account of a pilgrimage from Bordeaux to the Holy Land

literary work

literary topos

creature/character in Irish mythology

story from the Arabian Nights

sequence prescribed for the Roman Catholic Mass for the feast of Corpus Christi

body of literature and legendary material associated with the history of France, in particular involving Charlemagne and his associates

The Sentences (. ) is a compendium of Christian theology written by Peter Lombard around 1150. It was the most important religious textbook of the Middle Ages.

thumb|British Library, Add MS 24199, part 1, 10th century thumb|Psychomachia, as the "battle between good and evil", on a Romanesque capital, Monastery of Sant Cugat, Catalonia, Spain The Psychomachia (Battle of Spirits or Soul War) is a Latin poem by Prudentius (348 CE - after 405 CE). Its precise date of composition is unknown. In roughly a thousand lines, the poet describes the conflict of vices and virtues as a battle in the style of Virgil's Aeneid. Christian faith is attacked by and defeats pagan idolatry to be cheered by a thousand Christian martyrs.

book on mathematics written by Luca Pacioli and illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci

abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in Latin, and later in Greek, Old Norse and other European languages

literary work

collection of 4,000 Tamil verses composed by the 12 Alvars

14th century French poem

literary cycle made up of Greek and Roman mythology

12th century Irish vellum manuscript

book by Moses of Chorene

Christian folk saint virgin from "Asiatic Ethiopia"

1461 poetry collection by François Villon