Antiphonary
71Dicuil — For the saint of the same name, see Deicolus. Dicuil, Irish monk and geographer, born in the second half of the 8th century. Contents 1 Background 2 Astronomical computus 3 De mensura Orbis terrae …
72Liturgy of the Hours — in a monastery of Carthusian nuns. This article refers to the Liturgy of the Hours as a specific manifestation of the public prayer of the Catholic Church. For its application in other communions, see canonical hours. The Liturgy of the Hours… …
73Chronicon Scotorum — is a medieval Irish chronicle. According to Nollaig Ó Muraíle, it is a collection of annals belonging to the Clonmacnoise group , covering the period from prehistoric times to 1150 but with some gaps, closely related to the Annals of Tigernach .… …
74Office of the Dead — The Office of the Dead is a prayer cycle of the Liturgy of the Hours in the Roman Catholic Church, said for the repose of the soul of a decedent. It is the proper reading on All Souls Day (normally November 2) for all souls in Purgatory, and can… …
75Prime (liturgy) — Prime, or the First Hour, is a fixed time of prayer of the traditional Divine Office (Canonical Hours), said at the first hour of daylight (approximately 6:00 a.m.), between the morning Hour of Lauds and the 9 a.m. Hour of Terce. It is part of… …
76Nocturns — This article is about the Christian form of night prayers. For the secular musical form, see Nocturne. For other uses, see Nocturnes (disambiguation). Nocturns (Latin: Nocturni or Nocturna) are divisions of Matins, the night office of the… …
77Celtic Rite — The term Celtic Rite is generally, but rather indefinitely, applied to the various rites used in Great Britain, Ireland, perhaps in Brittany, and sporadically in Northern Iberia, and in the monasteries which resulted from the Irish missions of St …
78Robert Carver (composer) — Robert Carver (ca.1485 ndash; ca.1570) was a Scottish Renaissance monk and composer of Christian sacred music. He spent much of his life at Scone Abbey in Perthshire and is regarded as Scotland s greatest 16th Century composer. He is best known… …
79Henry Bradshaw Society — The Henry Bradshaw Society is a British based learned society founded in the Year of Our Lord 1890 for the editing of Rare Liturgical Texts. It is one of four hundred or so national and local learned societies in Great Britain that have issued… …
80Urbs beata Jerusalem dicta pacis visio — is the first line of a 7th or 8th century hymn sung in the Office of the Dedication of a Roman Catholic church.TextThe hymn comprises eight stanzas, together with a doxology. The text is scripturally inspired by Ephesians ii. 20, 1 Peter ii. 5,… …
