The Library
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.
401–500
1 work
c. 480–495
Latin
De Viris Illustribus
Gennadius of Massilia · d. c. 496
A continuation of Jerome's catalogue, adding about a hundred writers of the intervening century with a line or two on each and a verdict. Gennadius is a Gaul of the Lérins school, so Faustus is praised and Augustine handled coolly.
601–700
1 work
c. 615–618
Latin
De Viris Illustribus
Isidore of Seville · c. 560 – 636
Thirty-three short notices continuing the catalogue Jerome began and Gennadius extended, weighted heavily toward Spain and Africa — Leander, Fulgentius, Martin of Braga — with a verdict on each.
901–1000
1 work
987
Arabic
Al-Fihrist
Ibn al-Nadim · d. c. 995
A Baghdad bookseller's index of every book he knew to exist in Arabic, with notes on the authors. It covers scriptures and sects at length — Christians, Jews, Sabians, Manichaeans — and lists the titles of Mani's own writings one by one.
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