Ephraem the Syrian, De compunctione cordis (Sermo asceticus)
(name variants: Ephrem, Effrem, Ephraim Syrus)
CPL 1143, vi
CPG 3909 (part 1) and 3968 (part 2)
Book 1
Incipit: Dolor me compellit dicere et infirmitas mea...
Explicit: ... et super omnia deus benedictus in saecula saeculorum amen.
Book 2
Incipit: Venite karissimi, venite patres et frates …
Explicit: ...qui regnavit nos per infinita per saecula saeculorm amen.
Editions:
- Patrologia Latina Supplementum, vol. 4, col. 641-648 (only an excerpt, transcribed from Berlin Theol. fol. 355, fol. 32-35v).
- Ephrem Syrus, Sermones, ed. Kilianus Fischer (Piscator), Freiburg im Breisgau c. 1491, fol. 2-10v.
- Assemani, Ephraemi Syri opera omnia, vol. 1, Rome 1732, pp. 40B-70B provides the Greek text with his own Latin translation.
Manuscripts:
Admont,
Stiftsbibliothek 406 |
s. XII |
fol. 87v-106 |
Hill
Monastic Library (as Monita) |
Angers, Bibliothèque
municipale 284 |
s. XI |
fol. 73- |
in principio |
Avignon, Bibliothèque
du Mus. Calvet 341 |
s. XIV |
fol. 1- |
in principio |
Avranches, Bibliothèque
municipale 57 |
s. XII |
fol. 1- |
archive.org |
Berlin,
Staatsbibliothek Theol. fol. 355 |
s. IX |
fol. 4-35 |
Northern France, later Werden manuscripta mediaevalia |
Brussels, Bibliothèque
Royale 458-463 (1483) |
s. XV |
in principio |
|
Brussels, Bibliothèque
Royale 1831-1833 (932) |
s. X |
before fol. 38 |
Rheims, according to
Ganz, catalogue on archive.org |
Brussels, Bibliothèque
Royale 1328-1337 (3144) |
fol. 47-76v |
St. Maartensdaal,
Leuven, google
books |
|
Brussels, Bibliothèque
Royale 15111-15128 (479) |
s. X |
fol. 94v-110 |
no other work of
Ephraem catalogue on archive.org |
Cambrai, Bibliothèque
municipale 818 (723) |
s. XIII |
fol. 115 |
catalogue |
Cambridge, Gonv. &
Caius College 437 (6) |
in principio |
||
Cambridge, Peterhouse
203 |
fol. 89-113 |
catalogue |
|
Cambridge, University
Library E.e I.23 |
s. XIII |
fol. 13- |
catalogue
on archive.org |
Cava de'Tirreni,
Archivo e Biblioteca della Badia 37 |
s. XV |
fol. 29-57v |
in principio |
Chartres Bibliothèque
municipale 125 |
s. XII |
in principio |
|
Cologne, Historisches
Archiv 7020 44 |
s. XV |
fol. 57-110 |
Hill
Monastic Library |
Cologne, Historisches
Archiv GB 4o 21 |
1430-33 |
fol. 50-81v |
catalogue |
Cologne, Historisches
Archiv W 44 |
s. XV |
fol. 57- |
in principio |
Cologne, Historisches
Archiv W 146 |
s. IX |
fol. 49v- |
in principio |
Conches, Bibliothèque
municipale 7 |
s. XIV |
fol. 48-75v |
catalogue |
Douai, Bibliothèque
municipale 211 |
s. XIII |
in principio |
|
Douai, Bibliothèque
municipale 349 |
s. XII |
fol. 68v- |
in principio |
Dublin, Trinity College
C5.5 |
s. XIII |
fol. 1- |
in principio |
Durham, University
Library Ms. Cosin V.I.12 |
s. XVmed |
fol. 2-5 |
Library
website; Hill
Monastic Library |
Engelberg,
Stiftsbibliothek 135 |
s. XII |
fol. 7- |
in principio |
Halle an der Saale,
Univ. und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt Za 32g |
s. XV |
in principio |
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Hereford, Cathedral Library O. 6. vii (9) | in principio |
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Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, Schwarzach 4 | ca 1485 |
fol. 101-115 (excerpts) |
catalogue |
Kremsmünster,
Stiftsbibliothek 21 |
s. XII |
fol. 1-38 |
Hill
Monastic Library |
Laon, Bibliothèque municipale 121 | s. IX |
fol. 1- |
North-Eastern France, copy of Berlin Ms. catalogue on archive.org |
London, British Library
Harley 3060 |
s. X |
France |
|
London, British Library
Royal 5 E.iii |
fol. 3- |
in principio |
|
London, Lambeth Palace
Library 204 |
s. X-XI |
fol. 119v- |
library
website |
London, Lambeth Palace
Library 353 |
s. XIII |
fol. 80-99 |
library
website |
Marseille, Bibliothèque
municipale 211 |
s. XIV |
fol. 60 |
in principio |
Montecassino,
Biblioteca dell'Abazia 113 |
s. XI | not verified |
|
Montpellier, Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire H 404 |
s. IX3/4 |
fol. 74v |
St. Oyan |
Munich, Bayerische
Staatsbibliothek Clm. 3717 |
s. X |
fol. 143v-163v |
Augsburg, manuscripta
mediaevalia |
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm. 14364 |
s. IX |
fol. 40-87 |
Bavaria, manuscripta
mediaevalia |
Munich, Bayerische
Staatsbibliothek Clm. 18583 |
c. 1030 |
Tegernsee, verified |
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Nürnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum HS 7512 |
c. 800 |
CLA 1346, Main region |
|
Neustadt and der Aisch,
Evang. Kirchenbibliothek 5 |
s. XV |
fol. 216- |
in principio |
Orléans, Bibliothèque
municipale 345 (294) |
s. XI |
p. 22- |
in principio |
Oxford, Bodleian
Library 63 |
In principio |
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Paris, Bibliothèque de
l'Arsenal 233 |
s. XII |
fol. 1- |
in principio |
Paris, Bibliothèque de
l'Arsenal 314 |
s. XII |
fol. 63v- |
in principio |
Paris, Bibliothèque de
l'Arsenal 538 |
s. XV |
fol. 177v |
in principio |
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine 1709 | s. XI |
fol. 18- |
in principio |
Paris, BN lat. 1713 |
s. XI |
fol. 1- |
in principio (complete
collection, compare Berlin Staatsbibliothek Theol. fol. 355) |
Paris, BN lat. 1714 |
s. XI |
in principio (complete
collection, compare Berlin Staatsbibliothek Theol. fol. 355) |
|
Paris, BN lat. 1715 |
s. XII |
fol. 1- |
in principio |
Paris, BN lat. 2471 |
fol. 73- |
in principio |
|
Paris, BN lat. 2631 A |
fol. 1- |
in principio |
|
Paris,
BN lat. 12634 |
s. VII2 |
fol. 78-115 |
as Admonitio ad
monachos CLA 646, Italy, later Corbie |
Paris, BN lat. 13440 |
c. 816 |
CLA 662, Corbie |
|
Paris, BN lat. 13345 |
s. XI-XII |
fol. 28v-32v |
google
books |
Paris, BN lat. 14844 |
s. XIII |
fol. 37-62 |
In principio |
Paris, BN lat. 16532 |
s. XII |
fol. 78- |
In principio |
Paris, BN lat. 17455 |
s. XIII |
fol. 111- |
In principio |
Paris, BN lat. 18200 |
s. XIII1/4 |
fol. 86-139 |
catalogue |
Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale 426 (A 228) | s. XIII |
fol. 16v- |
catalogue |
Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale 488 (U 103) | s. XII |
fol. 35- |
in principio |
Rouen, Bibliothèque
municipale 1385 (U 107) |
s. XI |
fol. 1v- |
in principio |
Salzburg,
Stifstbibliothek St. Peter a VII 30 |
s. XI |
fol. 95v-123v |
Hill
Monastic Library (complete collection) |
St.
Gallen, Stiftsbiblithek 92 |
s. IX4/4 |
pp. 80-174 |
as Monita
and Admonitio ad
monachos image |
St. Gallen, Stiftsbiblithek 93 | s. IX4/4 | pp. 1-74 |
Image on CESG |
Stuttgart,
Württtembergische Landesbibliothek Poet. et philol. Fol. 251 |
s. XI |
||
Stuttgart,
Württtembergische Landesbibliothek HB VII 5 |
fol. 24v- |
in principio |
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Troyes, Bibliothèque
municipale 1346 |
s. XIII |
archive.org
(complete collection) |
|
Vatican,
Biblioteca
Apostolica Vaticana Barb. lat. 671 |
s. VIII2 |
ca. fol. 125-150 |
only book 2; CLA I, 64 |
Vatican, Biblioteca
Apostolica Vaticana Borgh. 2 |
s. XII |
fol. 120v- |
in principio |
Vatican, Biblioteca
Apostolica Vaticana Borgh. 3 |
s. XIV |
in principio |
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Vatican, Biblioteca
Apostolica Vaticana Borgh. 6 |
in principio |
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal. lat. 430 | s. IX-X |
not verified |
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vat. lat. 650 | s. X |
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Vendome, Bibliothèque
municipale 133 |
s. XII |
fol. 64- |
in principio |
Vienna,
Nationalbibliothek 1580 |
s. XII |
fol. 99-146b |
Hill
Manuscript Library, complete collection |
Vienna,
Nationalbibliothek 3968 |
s. XV |
fol. 1-27v |
Hill
Manuscript Library |
Wiesbaden, Hessische
Landesbibliothek 26 |
s. V |
fol. 213- |
in principio |
Würzburg,
Universitätsbibliothek M.p.th.f.117 |
s. XII |
fol. 118- |
in principio |
Literature:
- Ganz, David, ‘Knowledge of Ephraim’s Writings in the Merovingian and Carolingian Age’, in: Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Stuides 2:1 (1999), online.
- Hemmerdinger-Iliadou, D., 'Éphrem latin', in: Dictionnaire de Spiritualité, vol. 4, Paris 1960, col. 815-819.
- Petitmengin, P. 'Notes sur des manuscrits patristiques
latins I: Fragments patristiques dans le ms. Strasbourg
3762', in: Revue
Augustinienne 17 (1971), pp. 3-12. $$
- Siegmund, Albert, Die
Überlieferung der griechischen christlichen Literatur in
der lateinischen Kirche bis zum 12. Jahrhundert,
Munich 1948 (Abhandlungen der bayerischen
Benediktiner-Akademie, vol. 5), pp. 67-71. $$