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antiphonary

NOUN
  1. bound collection of antiphons
ADJECTIVE
  1. relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony

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  • Other English equivalents for antiphonary are antiphonar (still in reputable use) and antiphoner (considered obsolete by some English lexicographers, but still sometimes used in current liteature). The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
  • The manuscript antiphonary was inscribed by Joanes Von Werd de Augusta of Augsburg for the Kranj parish, and finished in 1491.
  • The word ‘antiphon’ refers to versicles or sentences sung by two voices in response to each other; an antiphonary is a collection of such sentences.
  • All of the antiphonaries of the Roman Rite, beginning with the oldest (the antiphonary of Compiègne, written about 870 A.D., and the Codex Hartker, written about the year 1000) attest with almost complete uniformity to the same repertoire of antiphons and responsories which are found in the Breviary of St. Pius V. Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 5 - Tenebrae and the Divine Office of the Triduum
  • The musical compilation known as the antiphonary is therefore not due to Gregory II, nor is it from him that it has become known as the The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
  • All of the antiphonaries of the Roman Rite, beginning with the oldest (the antiphonary of Compiègne, written about 870 A.D., and the Codex Hartker, written about the year 1000) attest with almost complete uniformity to the same repertoire of antiphons and responsories which are found in the Breviary of St. Pius V. Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 5 - Tenebrae and the Divine Office of the Triduum
  • In the "Antiphonary of Bangor", an Irish document of the sixth century, Vespers are called hora duodecima, which corresponds to six o'clock in the evening, or hora incensi, or again ad cereum benedicendum. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner
  • Here is the text in English and Latin from the Dominican antiphonary. 12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004
  • Photo: A contemporary Cistercian monk reads a hand-illuminated antiphonary. Wired Top Stories
  • This leaf is one of a group of twelve cuttings excised from two volumes of an antiphonary.
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