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.
1201–1300
7 works
c. 1238–1246
Old Church Slavonic
Anonymous
A short fragment recalling the beauty and strength of the land before the Mongol invasion, breaking off before it reaches the disaster itself.
c. 1241–1265
Armenian
Kirakos Gandzaketsi · c. 1200–1271
Armenian history to the author's own day, including his capture by the Mongols and the two years he spent as their secretary before escaping.
c. 1267–1272
Syriac
Bar Hebraeus · 1226–1286
Twelve foundations covering the whole of theology and philosophy — knowledge, nature, the incarnation, the resurrection, the end — written by a physician, historian, and bishop.
c. 1271–1273
Armenian
Grigor Aknertsi · 13th century
A short account of the Mongols from their appearance to the 1270s, written in a monastery in Cilicia from reports and observation.
c. 1270–1275
Old Church Slavonic
Serapion of Vladimir · d. 1275
Five sermons preached after the Mongol devastation, reading the catastrophe as judgement and denouncing the burning of accused witches as pagan cruelty.
c. 1280–1290
Old Church Slavonic
Anonymous
The prince who defeated Swedes and Teutonic knights while submitting to the Mongols, presented as both a warrior and a saint.
c. 1280–1286
Syriac
Bar Hebraeus · 1226–1286
A world history in secular and ecclesiastical parts, and a shorter Arabic version written at the request of Muslim friends who wanted to read it.
7 of 1774 works