Ps.-Ephraem the Syrian, Dicta

CPL  1145
CPG 4090 A (a.)
CPG 4090 A (b.)
CPG 4090 A (c.)

Incipit:
Fratres karissimi quid querit dominus a nobis nisi salutem animarum... (Dicta 1)
Fratres karissimi oportet nos in tota mentis intentione inquirere et intellegere... (Dicta 2)

Explicit:
... et desiderabilem vocem audire: Egue serve bone et fidelis intra in gaudium domini.

Editions:
  • Assemani, J. S., Ephraemi Syri opera omnia, vol. 3, Rome 1746, pp. 581-583.
Manuscripts:

Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Philipps 49 (1716)
s. IXin
fol. 2-3 (Dicta 1-3)
catalogue
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm. 6293
before 811
fol. 6v and 153-154 (Dicta 1);
fol. 155-156v (Dicta 2)
Freising; CLA 1262;
catalogue; catalogueimage
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal. lat. 212
s. VIIIex
fol. 10v-11v (Dicta 1-3) Germany
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal. lat. 213

fol. 9 (fragment, not verified)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal. lat. 220 s. IX
fol. 18-20 (Dicta 1-3) Middle Rhine (Lorsch?)

The Berlin manuscript, Pal. lat. 212 and 220 contain similar collections of sermons.

Literature:
  • Ganz, David, ‘Knowledge of Ephraim’s Writings in the Merovingian and Carolingian Age’, in: Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Stuides 2:1 (1999), online.