Twenty questions, round 234

[DrFidelis]

Born after 0 BC?

Scratch for now then, that's actually a good note.

[Spartaculous]

Born in 900 or earlier?

I'm interpreting this as 900 AD, as I think that was the intention. Yes.

Most famous for writing, musical composition or performance, or for visual arts?

Yes.

[Hominidae]

I'm pretty sure years that are just a number are assumed to be AD, unless the context makes it really clear otherwise.

Is this a writer who wrote primarily in an Indo-European language?

[Wattsthematter]

Born in 900 or earlier?

I'm interpreting this as 900 AD, as I think that was the intention. Yes.

Most famous for writing, musical composition or performance, or for visual arts?

Yes.

Seems we can assume this person was born between 900BC and 900AD. We've asked a lot of questions to get this far but it would be nice to narrow it down even more.

[DarthPorg36]

Greek or Roman?

[Spartaculous]

I'm pretty sure years that are just a number are assumed to be AD, unless the context makes it really clear otherwise.

I was pretty certain that we were counting forward from Anno Domini, but I figured it was important for me in this game to make it clear about AD.

Is this a writer who wrote primarily in an Indo-European language?

Yes.

Greek or Roman?

No.

[cdngooner]

Is a religious canonical text traditionally attributed to this person, even if the actual provenance is disputed (by canonical, I mean a book that is part of a religion's "bible", like Moses; not a treatise on religion, like St. Augustine).

[Hominidae]

1,2,3,4,5,7. Real dead male human born in Eurasia or what is currently the United States in 900 or earlier
6. Not most famous for being a vegetable, service in government or the military, for being nobility/royalty, for science (broadly construed) or technology, or for being a business leader
8. Most famous for writing, musical composition or performance, or visual arts
9. Writer who primarily wrote in an Indo-European language
10. Neither Greek nor Roman

[Hominidae]

Born in Europe? (Given the time period, I'll specify that I'm using the "green area in wikibox" definition of Europe here.)

[han-shahanshah]

Born after 500 AD?

[Spartaculous]

Is a religious canonical text traditionally attributed to this person, even if the actual provenance is disputed (by canonical, I mean a book that is part of a religion's "bible", like Moses; not a treatise on religion, like St. Augustine).

No.

Born in Europe? (Given the time period, I'll specify that I'm using the "green area in wikibox" definition of Europe here.)

Yes.

Born after 500 AD?

Yes.

[Hominidae]

OK, so very early medieval European writer, probably not Byzantine because that would have gotten a "yes" or at the very least a "pass" on the Greek or Roman question.

Also I have to share what came up when I typed in "early medieval writers" (not guessing any of these people):

[Hominidae]

Was this person born in what is currently the UK (or its dependencies), Ireland, France, Monaco, Andorra, Spain, or Portugal?

[DarthPorg36]

Did this person hold a religious position or write about religion primarily?

[Spartaculous]

OK, so very early medieval European writer, probably not Byzantine because that would have gotten a "yes" or at the very least a "pass" on the Greek or Roman question.

You are correct: this person was not Byzantine for the reason you mentioned.

Also I have to share what came up when I typed in "early medieval writers" (not guessing any of these people):

Is that last guy a distant cousin of the Canadian basketball inventor?

Was this person born in what is currently the UK (or its dependencies), Ireland, France, Monaco, Andorra, Spain, or Portugal?

Yes.

Did this person hold a religious position or write about religion primarily?

Yes.

[Hominidae]

Free guess: Bede

[Spartaculous]

Free guess: Bede

The Venerable Bede is correct! Among other things, I will point out for the sake of the game that he popularized the use of "Anno Domini" to refer to dates (hence why I made a big deal about that).

[Hominidae]

Another one where the correct answer was floating around in my head for a while, but I waited until there were more details.

[Jamiet99uk]

My goodness, it's over. How are you guys blitzing through these games at such pace? Do none of you have jobs or social lives, haha...