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| The commentaries (I) summarize the characteristics of a given rite concerning the adaptation,
performance, liturgical observance of a piece or set of pieces. We wish to emphasize that
the present publication intends to help research by presenting he material as it is. Even if
in some places hints to possible interpretation have been ventured the commentary does not
replace future autonomous monographs which need definitely to be written. The information
and all the conventions belonging rather to the CAO-ECE as a whole than to single rites will
be given in the section General Remarks and refered to there as necessary. |
| The Notes (II) contain all variants of the individual sources as opposed to the typical
form demonstrated by the tables. The conjectures leaving no doubt are given, however, without
any note. Abbreviations in the Notes: |
| ? | codices hic muti sunt |
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| - | manuscriptum hoc cantu caret |
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| # | lacuna (vel pars illegibilis) |
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| X | permutatio dourum cantuum |
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| The next part of the Notes (III) lists the textual variants of the incipits as they stand
in the various sources. The lectio varians of the whole text would, of course, be meaningful
for revealing the history of the transmission, mutual influences, etc. but this topic lies
beyond the confines of the present work. The variants of the incipits help the reader to
compare the material with the indices of other sources. |
| Because the text of the commentaries and the notes consist mostly of liturgical incipits,
it seemed more reasonable to include them in Latin. |
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