Editing Lost literary work (section)

===16th century===
* ''Nigramansir. A Moral Interlude and a Pithy.'' by [[John Skelton (poet)|John Skelton]]. Printed 1504. A copy seen in 1759 in Chichester has since vanished.
* ''[[Ur-Hamlet]]''. An earlier version of the [[William Shakespeare]] play ''[[Hamlet]]''. Some scholars believe it to be a lost work written by [[Thomas Kyd]], while others attribute it to Shakespeare, identifying the Ur-Hamlet with the [[Hamlet Q1|first quarto text]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lostplays.folger.edu/Hamlet|title=Ur-Hamlet|website=Folger.edu|access-date=August 22, 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Love's Labour's Won]]'', play by [[William Shakespeare]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lostplays.folger.edu/Love's_Labour's_Won|title=Love Labour's Won|website=Folger.edu|access-date=August 22, 2023}}</ref>
* ''The Ocean’s Love to [[Elizabeth I of England|Cynthia]]''. A poem by Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] of which only fragments are known.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.luminarium.org/renlit/oceanintro.htm#:~:text=%22The%20Ocean's%20Love%20to%20Cynthia,Queen%20Elizabeth%20I%20as%20Cynthia.&text=Ralegh%20never%20published%20it%2C%20and,nearly%2015%2C000%20lines%20of%20verse.|title=The Ocean's Love To Cynthia|website=Luminarium.org|access-date=December 24, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Luís de Camões]]'s philosophic work ''The Parnasum of Luís Vaz'' is lost.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bookshop.org/contributors/luis-vaz-de-camoes-8876c468-5510-490d-8515-c010bfaa7de1|title=The Parnasum of Luís Vaz|website=bookshop.org|access-date=December 24, 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[The Isle of Dogs (play)|The Isle of Dogs]]'' (1597), a play by [[Thomas Nashe]] and [[Ben Jonson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lostplays.folger.edu/Isle_of_Dogs,_The|title=The Isle of Dogs|website=Folger.edu|access-date=December 24, 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Phaethon]]'', a play by [[Thomas Dekker (writer)|Thomas Dekker]], mentioned in Philip Henslowe's diary, 1597.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lostplays.folger.edu/Phaeton|title=Phaeton|website=Folger.edu|access-date=December 24, 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Hot Anger Soon Cold]]'' a play by [[Henry Chettle]], [[Henry Porter (playwright)|Henry Porter]] and [[Ben Jonson]]; mentioned in [[Philip Henslowe]]'s diary, August 1598.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lostplays.folger.edu/Hot_Anger_Soon_Cold|title=Hot Anger Soon Cold|website=Folger.edu|access-date=December 24, 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[The Stepmother's Tragedy]]'', a play by [[Henry Chettle]] and [[Thomas Dekker (poet)|Thomas Dekker]]; mentioned in [[Philip Henslowe]]'s diary, August 1599.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lostplays.folger.edu/Stepmother%27s_Tragedy,_The|title=The Stepmother's Tragedy|website=Folger.edu|access-date=December 24, 2023}}</ref>
* ''Black Bateman of the North, Part II'', a play by [[Henry Chettle]] and [[Robert Wilson (dramatist)|Robert Wilson]]; mentioned in Henslowe's diary in April 1598.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lostplays.folger.edu/Black_Bateman_of_the_North,_Parts_1_and_2#Possible_Narrative_and_Dramatic_Sources_or_Analogues|title=Black Bateman|website=Folger.edu|access-date=December 24, 2023}}</ref>
* Only four [[Maya codices]] survived the [[Spanish conquest of the Maya|Spanish conquest]]; most were destroyed by [[conquistador]]s, the [[Roman Catholic Church]] or the Aztecs.