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Liturgy

Magistri Guillelmi AutissiodorensisSumma de officiis ecclesiasticis

Prologus

I. De officiis ecclesiasticis1. De officiis in generali

1. De officio horarum2. De officio misse

2. De officiis in speciali1. De officiis dierum dominicarum2. De officiis festorum sanctorum3. De officio dedicationis

II. De ministris officiorum1. De uestimentis ministrorum

1. De uestimentis pontificum ueteris testamenti[ ... ]

[ III. De loco siue De ecclesia materiali ]

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What is medieval liturgy all about?

rationale: praise of God function: rememorative exposition: allegorical

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What is medieval liturgy all about?

rationale: praise of God function: rememorative exposition: allegorical origin: typological

• Et consurrexerunt ad standum et legerunt in volumine legis Domini Dei sui quater in die. Et quater confitebantur et adorabant Dominum Deum suum.

Nehemias 9,3

• Septies in die laudem dixi tibi super iudicia iustitiae tuae.

Psalm 118,164

Media nocte surgebam ad confitendum tibi super iudicia iustificationis tuae.

Psalm 118,62

day

night

- killing of the firstborn Egyptians- birth of Jesus

- destruction of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea- resurrection of Jesus

- Jesus meets the women- Jesus preaches to the people

- the Jews deride Jesus- pentecost

crucifixion

death of Jesus and torn of the veil

nocturns

matins

prime

terce

sext

none

vespers

compline

- first advent of Jesus - return of Jesus

heavenly joy and heavenly peace

adventusseptuagesima

pascha pentecostes

renovatio

reconciliatio

peregrinatiodeviatio

adventusseptuagesima

pascha pentecostes

renovatio

reconciliatio

peregrinatiodeviatio

tempus renovationis

tempus deviationis

tempus reconciliationis

tempus peregrinationis

original sin

incarnatio

resurrectio

pentecostes

parousia