Settings8th-century writers
Abu-l-'Atahiya
Abū l-ʻAtāhiyya (أبو العتاهية, full name Abu Isħaq Ismā'īl ibn Qāsim al-ʻAnazī إسماعيل بن القاسم العنزي، بن سويد العيني) (748 - 828) was an Arab poet born at 'Aynu t-Tamar in t...
Abū l-ʻAtāhiyya (أبو العتاهية, full name Abu Isħaq Ismā'īl ibn Qāsim al-ʻAnazī إسماعيل بن القاسم العنزي، بن سويد العيني) (748 - 828) was an Arab poet born at 'Aynu t-Tamar in t...
Adomnán
Saint Adomnán of Iona (627/8 – 704) was abbot of Iona (679–704), hagiographer, statesman and clerical lawyer; he was the author of the most important Vita of Saint Columba and promulga...
Saint Adomnán of Iona (627/8 – 704) was abbot of Iona (679–704), hagiographer, statesman and clerical lawyer; he was the author of the most important Vita of Saint Columba and promulga...
Al-Farazdaq
Hammam ibn Ghalib Abu Firas, (همام بن غالب ، ابو فراس) commonly known as al-Farazdaq (الفرزدق) (Arabicized form of Persian Parāzda پرازده: "lump of dough") (ca.
Hammam ibn Ghalib Abu Firas, (همام بن غالب ، ابو فراس) commonly known as al-Farazdaq (الفرزدق) (Arabicized form of Persian Parāzda پرازده: "lump of dough") (ca.
Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi
Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahmān al-Khalīl ibn Ahmad al-Farāhīdī, more commonly known as Al-Farahidi, was one of the earliest Arab lexicographers and philologists.
Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahmān al-Khalīl ibn Ahmad al-Farāhīdī, more commonly known as Al-Farahidi, was one of the earliest Arab lexicographers and philologists.
Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar
Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār ( أبو عبدالله الزبير بن بكار بن عبد الله بن مصعب بن ثابت بن عبد الله بن الزبير بن العوام, 788 CE/172 AH – 870 CE/256 AH), a descendant of Al-Zubayr ibn al-ʻAwwām, was a lead...
Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār ( أبو عبدالله الزبير بن بكار بن عبد الله بن مصعب بن ثابت بن عبد الله بن الزبير بن العوام, 788 CE/172 AH – 870 CE/256 AH), a descendant of Al-Zubayr ibn al-ʻAwwām, was a lead...
Bashar ibn Burd
Bashār ibn Burd (714-784) (بشار بن برد) nicknamed "al-Mura'ath" meaning the wattled, was a poet in the late Umayyad and the early Abbasid periods.
Bashār ibn Burd (714-784) (بشار بن برد) nicknamed "al-Mura'ath" meaning the wattled, was a poet in the late Umayyad and the early Abbasid periods.
Bede
Bede, also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede, was an English monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and of its companion monastery, Saint Pa...
Bede, also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede, was an English monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and of its companion monastery, Saint Pa...
Cadac-Andreas
Cadac-Andreas, Irish scholar, fl. 798 – 814.
Cadac-Andreas, Irish scholar, fl. 798 – 814.
Cui Hao (poet)
Cui Hao was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty in China and considered a main early exponent of the regulated verse form of Classical Chinese poetry.
Cui Hao was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty in China and considered a main early exponent of the regulated verse form of Classical Chinese poetry.
Cú Chuimne
Cú Chuimne (died 747) was a monk of Iona.
Cú Chuimne (died 747) was a monk of Iona.
Hibernicus exul
Hibernicus exul (Latin for "Hibernian exile") is the name given to an anonymous Hiberno-Latin poet of the Carolingian Renaissance who lived and wrote in Francia.
Hibernicus exul (Latin for "Hibernian exile") is the name given to an anonymous Hiberno-Latin poet of the Carolingian Renaissance who lived and wrote in Francia.
John of Damascus
Saint John of Damascus (Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي Yuḥannā Al Demashqi; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός Iōannēs ho Damaskēnos; Latin: Iohannes Damascenus; also known as John Damascene, ...
Saint John of Damascus (Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي Yuḥannā Al Demashqi; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός Iōannēs ho Damaskēnos; Latin: Iohannes Damascenus; also known as John Damascene, ...
Joseph Scottus
Joseph or Josephus Scottus (died between 791 and 804), called the Deacon, was an Irish scholar, diplomat, poet, and ecclesiastic, a minor figure in the Carolingian Renaissance.
Joseph or Josephus Scottus (died between 791 and 804), called the Deacon, was an Irish scholar, diplomat, poet, and ecclesiastic, a minor figure in the Carolingian Renaissance.
Kumait Ibn Zaid
Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743) was an Arabian poet born in the reign of the first Omayyad caliph and lived in the reigns of nine others.
Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743) was an Arabian poet born in the reign of the first Omayyad caliph and lived in the reigns of nine others.
Paul the Deacon
Paul the Deacon, also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefred, Barnefridus and Cassinensis,, was a Benedictine monk and historian of the Lombards.
Paul the Deacon, also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefred, Barnefridus and Cassinensis,, was a Benedictine monk and historian of the Lombards.
Rechtgal úa Síadail
Rechtgal ua Siadail, Gaelic-Irish poet, fl.
Rechtgal ua Siadail, Gaelic-Irish poet, fl.
Vergilius of Salzburg
Vergilius of Salzburg was an Irish churchman, an early astronomer and bishop of Salzburg.
Vergilius of Salzburg was an Irish churchman, an early astronomer and bishop of Salzburg.
Wahb ibn Munabbih
Wahb ibn MunabbihWahb ibn MunabbihWahb ibn Munabbihwas a Muslim traditionist of Dhimar in Yemen; died at the age of ninety, in a year variously given by Arabic authorities as 725, 728, 732, and 737 C.E.
Wahb ibn MunabbihWahb ibn MunabbihWahb ibn Munabbihwas a Muslim traditionist of Dhimar in Yemen; died at the age of ninety, in a year variously given by Arabic authorities as 725, 728, 732, and 737 C.E.
Yunus ibn Habib
Yunus ibn Habib (أبو عبد الرحمن يونس بن حبيب الضبي; died after 183 AH/798 CE) was a reputable 8th century Arab linguist.
Yunus ibn Habib (أبو عبد الرحمن يونس بن حبيب الضبي; died after 183 AH/798 CE) was a reputable 8th century Arab linguist.