Ephrem Syrus: Memre

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Baumstark 2.

• fol. 1v-115v Psalter
• fol. 115v-117r Homily attributed to Mar Ephrem, On humility, admonition, correction

• fol. 2v-129r Psalms
  • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ
  • Note: Syriac with Arabic Garshuni translation in parallel columns
• fol. 129v-130r Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, Hymn of the angels at the Nativity
  • Title NS: ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܕܡ̈ܠܐܟܐ ܕܫܒܚܘܗ̇ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܕܡܘܠܕܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܒܒܣܪ
  • Note: Dominical prayer and Nicene Creed in Syriac on fol. 130rv
• fol. 130v-133v Memre
  • Note: Includes memre by Ephrem of Nisibis, fol. 130v-131r, 132v-133v; also an acrostic memra in the meter of Ephrem of Nisibis, fol. 131r-132r

• Ephrem Syrus, Memre

Catalogs:

• Clark
• Chabot

Contents:

• St. Ephrem: Selected memre on the Rogation of the Ninevites

• Book of memre of Ss. Ephrem, Jacob, and Isaac

Catalog entry in Assemani

Catalog Entry

Catalog Entry

• Psalter
• Ephrem Syrus, Memra on Humility and Exhortation

• Funeral Rites
• Homilies of Ephrem of Nisibis, Jacob of Sarug, and Isaac of Antioch, selected for the deceased
• Supplications for the archpriests, priests, and monks written by the holy doctors