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Ephrem the Syrian
306 - 373 Person Name: St. Ephraim the Syrian, d. 373 Hymnal Number: 194 Author of "Receive, O Lord, in heaven above" in The English Hymnal St. Ephraim the Syrian
Ephrem the Syrian
Elpis
470 - 500 Hymnal Number: 226 Author (Ascribed to) of "With gold most precious, and with sanguine hues of morn" in The English Hymnal Elpis, first wife of the celebrated philosopher Boethius, was the daughter of Festus, Consul at Rome, 472, and sister of the mother of St. Placidus, a disciple of St. Benedict. The hymn "Aurea luce et decore roseo" (q. v.) is usually, but somewhat uncertainly, attributed to her. Others also bear her name. She died at an early age, at Padua.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Elpis, p. 329, i. Recent researches have led us to conclude that there is no reason to regard Elpis as the author of Aurea luce, p. 93, i.; and that none of the early manuscripts attribute it to her. She is not mentioned as a hymn-writer by recent authorities on early Latin Hymnody, e.g., by Ebert or Manitius (p. 655, i.), or by Rietschel (Herzog-Hauch Healencyklopädie, 1901, xi., pp. 399-409).
The traditional account of her, p. 329, i. (as given in the Elogia Siculorum, 1690, p. 103, of Jerome of Ragusa, and more fully by Darras, Hist. de l’Eglite, 1862, vol. xiv., p. 264, &c), is that she was b. at Messina in Sicily, was the first wife of the philosopher Boethius, shared his exile, and died at Pavia (not Padua) about 493, leaving two sons who became consuls in the year 500. Boethius, however, was born little, if any, earlier than 475, and did not go into exile before 522, being at that time the husband of Rusticiana, whose two sons by Boethius were consuls in the year 522 (Viet. Christ. Biog., i., 321; Ersch and Gruber, Encyklop., I., xi., p. 284, &c.)
[Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Elpis
Henry Ramsden Bramley
1833 - 1917 Person Name: H. R. Bramley Hymnal Number: 29 Author of "Then let us adore him and praise his great love" in The English Hymnal English clergyman, a high-church Anglican. Text editor of Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871 (John Stainer was the music editor), a seminal work in the second period of carol revival. The usual four-part setting of "The First Nowell" appeared in this book. Published a number of translations of hymns and carols from the Latin.
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Bramley, Henry Ramsden, M.A., was born June 4, 1833, at Addingham, near Otley, Yorks, matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford, 1852, Scholar of University College 1853, Fellow of Magdalen 1857 (B.A. 1856, M.A. 1859). He was ordained D. 1856, P. 1858, was from 1861 to 1889 Vicar of Horspath, Oxon, and from 1895 to 1901 Canon and Precentor of Lincoln. His hymns and translations appeared principally in his own Christmas Carols (p. 212, ii.) and in the different Lyras edition by Mr. Shipley, generally marked as by " H. R. B." Of these, "The great God of Heaven is come down to earth" (Christmas), p. 212, ii., is in the English Hymnal, 1906. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Henry Ramsden Bramley
W. J. Copeland
1804 - 1885 Hymnal Number: 81 Translator of "O Christ, who art the Light and Day" in The English Hymnal Copeland, William John, B.D., born at Chigwell, Sept. 1, 1804, and educated at St. Paul's School, and Trinity College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1829, M.A. 1831, and B.D. 1840. He was a Scholar of his College, and afterwards Fellow and Dean. Taking Holy Orders, he became Curate of Hackney, and of Littlemore, and in 1849 Rector of Farnham, Essex, and Rural Dean of Newport. He was also Chaplain to the Bishop of St. Albans. Died at Farnham, Aug. 25, 1885. Mr. Copeland has published:—
Hymns for the Week, and Hymns for the Seasons. Translated from the Latin. Lond., W. J. Cleaver, 1848. He was also the Editor of Card. Newman's Sermons.
These translations are mostly from the Roman Breviary, and preceded those by E. Caswall, published in 1849. Although they are not extensively lifted in their original form, yet they had a marked effect on the text of some later translators, and have contributed much towards the compiling of centos as found in modern hymn-books. Each translation is annotated in this Dictionary under its first Latin line. In 1884 Mr. Copeland printed translations of Bishop Ken's Morning, Evening, and Midnight Hymns, the first lines of each, reading, (1) "Surge anima solis aemula"; (2) "Jam nocte laudo Te Deus"; (3) "Somno Deus mine excitum."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
W. J. Copeland
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