Selected Works of Saint Ephrem the Syrian, Rabbula of Edessa, Balai, and Others

the title, though faded and worn, is nevertheless manifest to the sight. Furthermore, fol. 1 verso and fol. 2 have the name of Ephrem inscribed by a more recent hand. I have not followed the order of the leaves of the codex, since I preferred to put the more certain before the uncertain.

VII.

A codex in octavo format, of the ninth century approximately, containing two of Ephrem’s disputations on Divine Mercy, a book which No. 14613 and No. 14654 also have, but the former codex is of a later age, and the latter is mutilated. For this reason, in transcribing, I have taken this codex of ours as the foundation.

VIII.

A codex in smaller octavo format, of the 10th or 11th century, containing two discourses on Divine Mercy. Those things which our codex adds after the end of the discourses made in the preceding codex are excerpts from the fathers, as the red note "of the sententiae" original: "de-petrāwātā" interpolated into the text shows, undoubtedly to fill the empty space of the page. From fol. 118 to fol. 130 and from fol. 177 to fol. 178 verso, excerpts are found from another work of Ephrem, entitled "Book of Sentences" original: "kethābā de-reshē". Excerpts from the same book are contained in No. 12167, fol. 293 to fol. 298 verso, which codex was written in A.D. 876. I do not know if this "Book of Sentences" is the same as the Logoi of the blessed Ephrem, which are found in codex No. 17045 (15th century) from page 178 and begin with these words: "Saint Ephrem said: I want to tell you about the kingdom of the saints, how they inherited the kingdom in it, and until now they inherit. The nature of the flesh demands rest. But they rather choose labor and contrition; and suffering, they rejoice, etc."

IX.

A codex in octavo format, double columns, written by an elegant Edessene hand in approximately the seventh century, but due to the vicissitudes of circumstances...