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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

701–800

The Eighth Century

1 work

c. 750–800

Greek

Brief Historical Notes

Parastaseis Syntomoi Chronikai

Anonymous

A guide to the ancient statues of Constantinople by Christians who no longer knew what most of them were. The notes are nervous throughout: one bronze is said to have killed a man who looked at it too long, several are read as prophecies, and the authors warn each other to go in groups.

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