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I SEBASTIAN BROCK BRIDE OF LIGHT ecumenical beseahch institute [seerI St.EPHREM AKER HILL KDIWAM-BBEDDl INDIA 1994 I ^!;.\ Uibns lu'tl) iilarbiitho llibini p riic Malphono Gcorfjc Anton Kiraz Collection LsVi 1 Oi^ .C.£l^« Ill>i Lo-io^ 1.x m VI loou )ooo ojLVi . ri m ^ Oi yio '~X°>i l.vmo 11oiX .1. ^ L,.oajo X..~> I.vm oiX looo c-^« 'X.i. I.\m oiX ^^..X AiiNDiic \\li() a'-ks tor this xolumc, to read, collate, or eoj'i\ from it, anil who .ippropriates it to himself or herself, or cuts amihini^ out of it, shoulii realize that (s)he w ill ha\e to ^i\e answer before (lod's awesome irihunal as if isihe had rohhed a saneiuar\. I ,el such a person he held anathema anil reeei\e no fornixeness until the hook is returneil. ho he it. Amen! \nd amone who remoxes these anathetnas, dii;itall\ or othenxise, shall himself reeeixe them in douhle. BRIDE OF LIGHT HYMNS ON MARY FROM THE SYRIAC CHURCHES BRIDE OF LIGHT HYMNS ON MARY FROM THE SYRIAC CHURCHES translated By SEBASTIAN BROCK [ Oxford ] St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute (SEERI) Baker Hill, Kollayam - 686001 Kerala, India 1OIM BKIDK OB LKilir Sviu Ih'MNS ON Mahv i-'kom I’lii-: \o Cnuiu;m!:s Sebastian Bruck [Oxford I Mdraii dOlin Series No. () First Published 101)1 Published by: SL b'.phreui luoimeiiical Peseaieh I Fisl il ule (SIOaP 1) linker Ihil, Kol t nyaiii - (kSI) 001 Kerala, India Printed at: St. .Joseph’s Press, Maimanaui Kotlavain - 086 561 CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1 SOURCES 15 I. PRAYER SONGS 1. St. Ephrem, Hymns on tlie Nativity, no. 11 18 2. St. Ephrem, Hymns on the Nativity, no. 16 20 3. St. Ephrem, Hymns on the Nativity, no. 17 21 4. St. Ephrem, Hymns on the Church, no. 36 27 5. St. Ephrem, Hymns on the Church, no. 37 31 6-21. Anonymous, Hymns on the Virgin Mary, nos. 1-16 32 22-21. Soghyatha 1-3 (Hymns on the Virgin’Mary, nos. 18-20) 66 25-27. Anonymous, Hymns on the Virgin Mary 86 28-30. Anonymous, Hymns on the Virgin Mary 97 31-39. Simeon the trotter. Hymns 102 40. Anonymous, Lament of the Virgin Mary 108 H. DIALOGUE POEMS 41. The Angel and ^Iary(Hymns on the Virgin Mary, no. 17) 111 42. ^lary and Joseph 118 43. Mary and the Magi (Soghitha 1) 125 44. ^tary and the Gardener 132 HI. VERSE HO:\riLlES 45. Anonymous, Homily on the Virgin Mary I 135 46. Anonymous, Homily on the Virgin Mary H 140 47. Anonymous, Homily on ^lary and .Joseph 146 SELECT RIBLIOGRAPHY 161 INDEXES 1. Biblical references 163 2. Names 165 3. Subjects 166 4. Titles and types of Christ 167 5. Titles and types of Mary 169 6. Eirst lines 170 .p- yol t'' / i •' 'I t*f4 ,. *i. . ? . t ‘I ‘I • M'*, ■? 1''. -S’ M HT. I' , 'i\ •'M;I ,'Y r w .' t i i ,. r 1* ii/ .il' -;l •4 * c- • • 4f 1 I'tU • / Iff ir»y !■’ Ik - 1 t T ^ ii ' !i7nnrt / • 1 ' p t:f* *i< :■ i;«’ iVfMli, / xh: -fO -'* > 1 1 M-i* V «l ' 1 * . »rv?»i.‘ > / Ui*» ' » '. • H • w. .il ' ' > 1 .'■■1 ! i c' \ i . . .. :ui» < } ' p ' M •/»•!' r f 1 • ,! 1 *♦■<*• « • .M in * • , 1 .. ■ - fWlij * * ' . . ■ ;.l ji ifMn/ .-'d ;f.\ J^^• •u / «i 1/ , M :')« I.UUf* 1 i. 1 \ ‘ M « /MCf/r "“i V ¥ ■ ■ M ' M IdUi .1 • v I' t: ;•.«/ :i i -t . ■ ^ I t.‘ ;«• < A fofif. Ml il l ; ,VJ iMtfi c ‘ ■ ^