Ephraem, De luctaminibus

Ephraem the Syrian, De luctaminibus huius saeculi / De luctamine spiritali

(name variants: Effrem, Ephraim, Ephrem Syrus)

CPL 1143, iv
CPG 3935 2b, 4002, 4081

Incipit: In luctaminibus autem saeculi nullus sine agone seu certamine coronatur...

Editions:

Fischer, Kilian, Libri Sancti Effrem, Freiburg im Breisgau 1493, fol. 14v-16.
Assemani, Guiseppe Simone, Ephraem Syri opera omnia Gaece et Latine, vol. 3, Rome 1746, pp. 557-560.
Patrologia Latina Supplementum 4, col. 617-640.

The work usually appears in a compilation of six sermons beginning with Ephraem's De compunctione cordis. These compilations are listed on the page for this work - click here.

Manuscripts (only those listed in Ganz):

Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Theol. fol. 355	s. IX	fol. 48v-52	Northern France, Werden
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 1831-1833 (932)	s. X	after fol. 1	Reims	according to Ganz, catalogue on archive.org
Laon, Bibliothèque Municipale 121	s. IX		North-Eastern France, copy of Berlin Ms.	catalogue on archive.org
London, British Library Harley 3060	s. X		France
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 3717	s. X		Augsburg	not yet digitized
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 14364	s. IX		Bavaria	not yet digitized
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 18583	c. 1030		Tegernsee	not yet digitized
Paris, BN lat. 18095	s. IX^med		Northern France	not verified
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek 92	s. IX^4/4	fol. 45-60		image
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek 93	s. IX^4/4	fol. 111	fragment	image
St. Omer, Bibliothèque municipale 33 bis	s. IXⁱⁿ	no. 4	St. Bertin	archive.org
Troyes, Bibliothèque municipale 898	s. IX			archive.org
Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria G.V.7	s. IX	fol. 78-	Bobbio
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana barb. lat. 671	s. VIII²	fol 125-150v (somehwere)

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.