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Antiphonary (ANTIFONARIO)
ANTIPHONARY. - The name derives etymologically from antiphon (v.); today, however, when one speaks of an a., what is meant is the… -
Antologion (Τὸ Ἀνθολόγιον) (ANTOLOGIO (ΤῸ ἈΝΘΑΛΌΓΙΟΝ))
ANTOLOGION (Τὸ Ἀνθολόγιον). - Among the Greeks it is a collection of the principal offices of the sanctoral and temporal cycles scattered… -
Apostolos (Ὁ Ἀπόστολος)
APOSTOLOS (Ὁ Ἀπόστολος). - In the Byzantine liturgy it is the book that contains the Epistles and the Acts of the Apostles, or parts of… -
Archieraticon (Ἀρχιερατινόν)
ARCHIERATICON (Ἀρχιερατινόν). - In the Churches of the Byzantine rite it is the liturgical book that contains the religious functions… -
Benedictional (BENEDIZIONALE)
BENEDICTIONAL. - A book that contained the formulas to be used for the various blessings. A first collection of these is found in the East… -
Book of Cerne (CERNE, LIBRO DI)
BOOK OF CERNE. - It is a collection of prayers for private use, which once belonged to the abbey of C., near Dorsetshire in England, and is… -
Book of Hours (LIBRO D'ORE)
BOOK OF HOURS. - From the ecclesiastical Latin "Horae" (the seven parts into which the divine office is divided) it is a devotional book… -
Breviary (BREVIARIO)
BREVIARY. - It is the liturgical book that contains the divine office (v.) according to the rite of the Roman Church. The term b. (brief… -
Cantatorium
CANTATORIUM. - In the Roman liturgy it was the book that contained the chant of the gradual. We have attestation of it in the Ordo romanus… -
Ceremonial of Bishops (CERIMONIALE DEI VESCOVI)
CEREMONIAL OF THE BISHOPS. - It is the body of sacred rules and directives that govern the preparation and the attitudes, movements and… -
Collectarium (COLLETTARIO)
COLLECTARIUM. - Sometimes called an orationary, it derives from the sacramentary (v.) inasmuch as in ancient times only this book contained… -
Diurnal (Diurnale) (DIURNO (DIURNALE))
DIURNAL (DIURNALE) - It is the liturgical book that contains only the daytime hours of the divine Office, that is, Lauds, Prime, Terce,… -
Divine Office (Officium Ecclesiasticum; Hours; Canonical Hours; Liturgy of the Hours; Opus Dei; Opus Divinum; Divine Office) (UFFICIO DIVINO (OFFICIUM ECCLESIASTICUM; HORAE; HORAE CANONICAE; PRECEI HORARIAE; OPUS DEI; OPUS DIVINUM, CURSUS))
DIVINE OFFICE (Officium ecclesiasticum; horae; horae canonicae; preces horariae; opus Dei; opus divinum, cursus). - By these terms is… -
Epistolary (EPISTOLARIO)
EPISTOLARY. - By "epistolary" (epistolare, epistolarium [-ius] and also epistolium) is meant the book containing the lessons and epistles… -
Euchologion (Εὐχολόγιον) (EUCOLOGIO (ΕΥ̓ΧΟΛΌΓΩΝ))
EUCHOLOGION (Εὐχολόγιον). - As the name suggests, it is a collection of ecclesiastical prayers. This liturgical book contains the prayers… -
Gradual (GRADUALE)
GRADUAL. - I. THE BOOK. - The present Liber gradualis, an extract of which, later combined with parts of the Antiphonary, constitutes the… -
Lectionary (LEZIONARIO)
LECTIONARY. - (Lectionarium, or -ius: from lectio, reading). This was the name given to the book that contained passages of Sacred… -
Liturgical Books (LIBRI LITURGICI)
LITURGICAL BOOKS. - This is the name given to the books that contain the official formulas, together with the relevant ritual prescriptions… -
Liturgical Rotolo (ROTOLO LITURGICO)
LITURGICAL ROTOLO. - The liturgical ceremonies of Holy Saturday gave rise in southern Italy to a particular custom: the texts for the… -
Memoriale Rituum (Parvum Caeremoniale, Parvum Rituale)
MEMORIALE RITUUM (Parvum caeremoniale, Parvum rituale). - A modern book of the Roman rite, composed for the use of the lesser parishes of… -
Meneon
MENEON. - A liturgical book of the Greek rite, composed of 6 or 12 volumes, containing the proper chants and the biblical lessons of the… -
Missal (MESSALE)
MISSAL. - From the ecclesiastical Latin Missa, whence Missale or Liber Missalis, it is the liturgical book that contains the euchological… -
Obituary (OBITUARIO)
OBITUARY. - A register for para-liturgical use, very widespread in the Middle Ages and perpetuated down to the present day, containing the… -
Octavarium Romanum
OCTAVARIUM ROMANUM. - Liturgical book of the Roman Church, of optional use, which contains the lessons of the second and third Nocturn to… -
Octoechos
OCTOECHOS. - Liturgical book of the Byzantine rite, which contains the proper parts of the Divine Office for a series of eight consecutive… -
Passionario
PASSIONARIO. - P. (from passionarius or passionale) or legendary is the collection of libelli devoted to the account of the life,… -
Pentecostarion
PENTECOSTARION. - Liturgical book of the Byzantine rite, which contains the proper parts of the Divine Office for the Easter season, that… -
Pontifical (PONTIFICALE)
PONTIFICAL. - It is the liturgical book that contains the description (rubrics) and the formulas of the functions normally reserved to the… -
Roman Orders (ORDINES ROMANI)
ROMAN ORDERS. - I. NOTION. - The O. R. are "libelli" produced in the 8th-14th centuries, containing the description and the rules for the… -
Roman Ritual (RITUALE ROMANO)
ROMAN RITUAL. - Liturgical book of the Latin Church for priests, containing the ceremonies for the administration of the Sacraments, for… -
Sacramentary (SACRAMENTARIO)
SACRAMENTARY. - Name that in the early Middle Ages designated the book containing the formulas used by the bishop or the priest in the… -
Suscipe, Domine, Universam Meam Libertatem
« SUSCIPE, DOMINE, UNIVERSAM MEAM LIBERTATEM ». — A prayer included among the « Orationes pro opportunitate dicendae » of the Roman… -
Synaxarion (SINASSARIO)
SYNAXARION. - From the Greek συναξάριον, from συνάγει = to gather, and σύναξει = assembly. This term designated a "liturgical book that was… -
Triodion
TRIODION. - Liturgical book of the Byzantine rite, which contains the Offices of the time preparatory to the feast of Easter, that is, from…