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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.

901–1000

The Tenth Century

1 work

c. 10th century

Greek

The Life of Andrew the Fool

Attributed to Nicephorus

A slave who feigns madness, sleeps with the dogs, is beaten in the street, and sees what nobody else does. The central episode is a vision in the Blachernae church of the Mother of God spreading her veil over the congregation.

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