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| The Tables give the typical structures of the Office. The Columns of the tables
(the fields of the databases) and the conventions used in them are the following: |
| Column 1 |
| The field NUMERUS contains a 5-digit number which identifies a liturgical 'point', i. d. a
Tempus-Dies-Hora-Functio quadruplet. Each number of the basic row ends with O and so new
additional records can be inserted between the lines depending on what the new sources require.
The main numbers ending with O must, however, remain untouched as a requirement for
collating files. |
| The numbers have no relation with the contents, they are prepared so as to reflect the
usual arrangement of an antiphonary. Some numbers may prove unnecessary for a given
source (having no special piece to the point, e.g. the set of antiphons is identical
on Sunday and the subsequent weekdays). For the sake of a uniform treatment we have open
lines for such records, too. |
| At the end of a group of chants there are sometimes numbers preserved for a greater
choice of some sources. |
| The numbers given at a fairly early stage of the program serve merely technical purposes.
Since it would have been complicated to change them, they have been retained with all
their inconsistencies. |
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| Column 2 |
| The field TEMPUS marks the seasons identical with the 'sublibraries' of the system with
the exception of NAT where the name is changed on January 5. The abbreviations are: |
| ADV | Tempus Adventus |
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| NAT | Tempus Nativitatis |
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| EPI | Tempus Epiphaniae et post Epiphanias |
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| Qu | Tempus Quadragesimae |
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| P | Tempus Paschalis |
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| Ann | Tempus per Annum |
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| Column 3 |
| The field DIES contains a maximum 5-character abbreviation for the day within the season on
which the chant in question is sung. The abbreviations are: |
| 1D | dominica prima |
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| 1f2 | feria secunda hebdomadae primae |
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| 1Sabb | sabbato in hebdomada prima |
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| 4f | in feriis hebdomadae quartae |
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| die2 | in die secundo infra Octavam |
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| D70 | dominica in Septuagesima (similiter D60, D50) |
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| f4Cin | feria quarta in die cinerum |
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| QuT | Quattuor Temporum |
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| Vig | Vigilia |
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| Oct | Octava |
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| and their combinations. |
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| Column 4 |
| The field HORA contains a maximum 5-character abbreviation of the Hour in which the chant
in question is sung. The abbreviations are: |
| N | in matutinis horis, vel: in unico nocturno |
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| N1 | in primo (etc.) nocturno |
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| L | in laudibus |
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| I,III,VI,IX | in prima, tertia, sexta, nona hora |
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| V1 | in primis vesperis |
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| V2 | in secundis vesperis |
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| C | in completorio |
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| CC | in completorio secundo dominicae una cum
feriis subsequentibus |
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| For technical reasons the following are written in the same column: |
| Inv | invitatorium |
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| WSac | versiculus sacerdotalis seu 'versus ad Laudes' |
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| Comm | commemoratio |
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| Suffr | suffragium |
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| Column 5 |
| The field FUNCTIO contains a maximum 5-character abbreviation of the liturgical genre or
role of the chant in question. The abbreviations are: |
| a | antiphona unica super psalmos |
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| a1 | antiphona prima super psalmos |
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| aa | antiphonae |
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| Ab | antiphona super canticum Benedictus |
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| Am | antiphona super canticum Magnificat |
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| An | antiphona super canticum Nunc dimittis |
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| Ab+ | antiphona superaddita ad canticum |
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| Aproc | antiphona processionalis |
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| Ap | antiphona "pro populo" |
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| R | responsorium prolixum |
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| V | versus responsorii prolixi |
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| R1 | responsorium primum nocturni |
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| V1 | versus ad responsorium primum pertinens |
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| R4 vel R+ | responsorium superadditum |
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| r | responsorium breve |
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| v | versus responsorii brevis |
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| W | versiculus |
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| H | hymnus |
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| Gr, Gr-V | graduale, versus ad graduale |
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| All-V | versus ad Alleluia |
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| Column 6 |
| The field INCIPIT contains a maximum 25-character string for the first few words of the
chant in question. The spelling is normalized. The field INCIPIT also contains special
signs instead of textual information: |
| ? | codices hic muti sunt |
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| - | consuetudo illa hujusmodi cantu caret |
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| > vel: vide | sicut in loco notato |
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| # | lacuna (vel pars illegibilis) in codice |
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| * | conjectura |
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| (...) | hoc signo distinguuntur verba non ex textu ipsius cantus sumpta |
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| (de psalterio) | ex parte 'per annum' sive e psalterio |
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| (de laudibus) | antiphona de laudibus ipsius diei |
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| The pieces which begin with the same incipit will be distinguished with dots and the first
different word or with the words (minor) - (major) to a short and long form respectively. |
| In most cases the verses of the short responsories (responsorium breve) will not be
indicated because they are always identical, i. e. the second half of the psalm verse
in question. |
| In the single source files all the conjectures are carefully marked with an asterisk.
After collating the sources, however, these points can eventually cleared. These conjectures
will remain in the tables unmarked, especially when (i) the missing data can be unambigously
reconstructed from the other sections of the manuscript or, (ii) when the lack of new
information means that the piece in question must be taken from de psalterio / de tempore.
(E.g. The same antiphon was sung to the canticle Nunc dimittis in most churches of Europe
during the whole Advent. Since some rites prescribe a new item in this function for the
second part of Advent a space has been left blank for it in the tables. In the case of all
other sources we refer here to the first week without notes.) |
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| Column 7 |
| In the databases each record contains a MEMO field into which arbitrary remarks can be written.
This field is not included in the published form of the tables but the content of it might have
served as a basis for the commentaries. |
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