Divine Office

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• Broad themes are discussed, such as the Divine Office and the Mass, but also detailed subjects such as psalmody, cantillation, modes, and pivotal chant manuscripts. Book Notice: Gregorian Chant: A Guide to the History and Liturgy
• The Kumaris - selected from the caste of silversmiths after having passed a series of spiritual tests including the terrifying one of spending a night alone in a dark room with the severed head of a buffalo - are anointed in early childhood and demit their divine office at the first sign of puberty. Archive 2008-01-01
• The rest were secular cathedrals, governed by a chapter consisting of a dean and canons whose duty to maintain the Divine Office in choir was carried out by deputies or vicars, normally in priests ’, deacons ’, or subdeacons ' orders.
• When, however, some few centuries later, it had become the custom in most of the monastic orders to supplement the Divine Office with various "cursus" of the The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
• Latin hymns are sung at the Divine Office, and are assigned to different liturgical occasions, according to time of day, season of the year, or Holy Day.
• Mass (the succentor performing a similar office to the canons and clerks); recruited and taught the choir, directed its rehearsals and supervised its official functions; interpreted the rubrics and explained the ceremonies, ordered in a general way the Divine Office and sometimes composed desired hymns, sequences, and lessons of saints. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
• 48The final type of liturgical manuscript from these houses are collectars, which contained the collects or prayers for the different hours of the Divine Office. 124 According to Humbert's prototype, the collectar starts with a calendar and then describes "the manner of singing all the capitula, the blessings before the lessons in matins, the versicles before lauds, all the antiphons, all the prayers (or orationes). Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany
• In all divine offices in the abbey, in reading and in meditation, he associated with the brethren in the cloister.
• The Divine Office has always been faithfully kept by lay people - not just clergy, monks and nuns-for centuries.
• Prime refers to the Divine Office, the regimen of worship separated into daily ‘hours’ - those psalms, canticles, hymns, responsories, antiphons, and so on, distinct from the mass.