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Ephrem Syrus — c. 1100; French (?)

MS. Bodl. 63

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Title

Ephrem Syrus — c. 1100; French (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 63

Place of origin

French (?)

England

Date

13th century

c. 1100

Language

Latin

Contents

Ephrem Syrus Sermons
Book 1, three sermons
De compunctione cordis 1, 2
(fol. 38v) Incipit: Ecce paschalia solennia
(fol. 40) Sermo de iudicio dei et de resurrectione
(fol. 46) De beatitudine animae
(fol. 51) De paenitentia
(fol. 56v) De luctaminibus
Book 6: 4 sermons
(fol. 62) Sermo de die iudicii
(fol. 65v) Incipit: Beatus vir qui Deum in toto corde dilexerit
(fol. 67) Incipit: Beatus homo qui inuenerit fratres vitam in illa hora
(fol. 78) Incipit: Beatus homo qui habet compunctionem
(fols. 69–72) Theological extracts added in blank spaces by a later twelfth-century hand
MS. Bodl. 63 - endleaves (fols. i, 73)
Breviary

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

ii + 73 leaves

Decoration

Initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 464)

Binding

White parchment on oak boards, 13th century, clasp gone.

Acquisition

Given by him to the Library in 1601.

Provenance

'From an English monastic library but without distinctive mark' (Summary Catalogue).

Thomas Allen, 1542–1632.

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  • Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373 ('Ephraem Graecus', 'Ephraem Latinus')

  • Allen, Thomas, 1542-1632

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