The Library
1277 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.
201–300
1 work
c. 200–250
Syriac
Anonymous
Thomas is sold as a slave and carried to India, where he builds a palace in heaven for a king who paid for one on earth — and where the Hymn of the Pearl tells of a prince sent to Egypt who forgets who he is.
501–600
1 work
c. 547–550
Greek
Cosmas Indicopleustes · 6th century
A merchant-turned-monk argues that the universe is shaped like the tabernacle of Moses, and reports at first hand on the Christians of Ceylon and the Malabar coast.
1401–1500
1 work
c. 1468–1475
Old Church Slavonic
Afanasy Nikitin · d. c. 1475
A merchant from Tver travels to India and records, with real distress, that he has lost track of the Christian calendar and cannot keep the fasts or Easter.
1601–1700
1 work
1613
Latin
Roberto de Nobili · 1577–1656
A defence of allowing Indian converts to keep the sacred thread, the tuft of hair, and caste observance, arguing these are social rather than religious signs.
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