Genres
| Genre | Description | Rite | Mass / Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| [?] |
Unknowable / Ambiguous |
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| [G] |
Mass chant (a generic code used in the earliest Cantus inventories, to be reassigned) |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| [GV] |
Verse of a Mass chant (a generic code used in the earliest Cantus inventories, to be reassigned) |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| [M] |
Miscellaneous (a generic code used in the earliest Cantus inventories, to be reassigned) |
Franco-Roman | |
| [MO] |
Mass Ordinary (a generic code used in the earliest Cantus inventories, to be reassigned) |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| A |
Antiphon |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| ACC |
Ad accedentes |
Hispanic | Mass |
| ACCV |
Ad accedentes verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| Ag |
Agnus dei |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| Al |
Alleluia |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| ALL |
Alleluiaticus |
Hispanic | Mass |
| ALLV |
Alleluiaticus verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| AlV |
Alleluia verse |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| ANT |
Antiphon (Hispanic rite) |
Hispanic | Mass/Office |
| ANTV |
Antiphon verse (Hispanic rite) |
Hispanic | Mass/Office |
| AP |
Processional antiphon |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| AV |
Antiphon verse |
Franco-Roman | Office |
| BD |
Benedicamus domino |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| BNMT |
Benedictiones (matutinum) |
Hispanic | Office |
| BNMTV |
Benedictiones (matutinum) verse |
Hispanic | Office |
| BNOF |
Benedictiones (office) |
Hispanic | Office |
| BNOFV |
Benedictiones (office) verse |
Hispanic | Office |
| BNS |
Benedictiones (mass) |
Hispanic | Mass |
| BNSV |
Benedictiones (mass) verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| Ca |
Canticle |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| CaH |
Canticle (Hispanic rite) |
Hispanic | Mass/Office |
| Cap |
Capitulum |
Franco-Roman | Office |
| CaV |
Canticle verse |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| CaVH |
Canticle verse (Hispanic rite) |
Hispanic | Mass/Office |
| CFP |
Ad confractionem panis |
Hispanic | Mass |
| CFPV |
Ad confractionem panis verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| CLM |
Clamores (mass) |
Hispanic | Mass |
| CLMO |
Clamores (office) |
Hispanic | Office |
| CLMOV |
Clamores (office) verse |
Hispanic | Office |
| CLMV |
Clamores (mass) verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| Cm |
Communion |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| CmR |
Versus ad repetendum for the communion |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| CmV |
Communion verse |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| Cn |
Cantio, Cantiones (paraliturgical sacred songs with poetic and often strophic Latin or vernacular texts) |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| CnV |
Cantio Verse (strophe of paraliturgical sacred poetic text) |
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| Cr |
Credo |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| D |
Dramatic element (used for items of liturgical drama that are not otherwise rubricked) |
Franco-Roman | Office |
| Gl |
Gloria |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| Gr |
Gradual |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| GRC |
Graecus |
Hispanic | Mass |
| GrV |
Gradual verse |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| H |
Hymn (and hymn verses if listed together in the same record) |
Franco-Roman | Office |
| HV |
Hymn verse |
Franco-Roman | Office |
| HYMN |
Hymn (Hispanic rite, but to be merged with Franco-Roman rite) - work in progress |
Hispanic | |
| I |
Invitatory antiphon |
Franco-Roman | Office |
| Ig |
Ingressa (for the Beneventan Liturgy) |
Franco-Roman | Office |
| In |
Introit |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| InR |
Versus ad repetendum for the Introit |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| InV |
Introit verse |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| IP |
Invitatory psalm (when written out and notated) |
Franco-Roman | Office |
| Ite |
Ite missa est |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| Ky |
Kyrie |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| L |
Lesson (when written out and notated) |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| LDMT |
Laudes (matutinum) |
Hispanic | Office |
| LDMTV |
Laudes (matutinum) verse |
Hispanic | Office |
| LDOF |
Laudes (office) |
Hispanic | Office |
| LDOFV |
Laudes (office) verse |
Hispanic | Office |
| LDS |
Laudes (mass) |
Hispanic | Mass |
| LDSV |
Laudes (mass) verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| Li |
Litany (and litany verses if listed together in the same record) |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| LiV |
Litany verse |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| MSR |
Miserationes |
Hispanic | Office |
| MSRV |
Miserationes verse |
Hispanic | Office |
| MT |
Matutinarium |
Hispanic | Office |
| MTV |
Matutinarium verse |
Hispanic | Office |
| Of |
Offertory |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| OfV |
Offertory verse |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| Or |
Oratio / Prayer (when written out and notated) |
Franco-Roman | |
| PAC |
Ad pacem |
Hispanic | Mass |
| PACV |
Ad pacem verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| Pn |
Pater noster (when written out and notated) |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| Pr |
Prefatio (when written out and notated) |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| PRCS |
Preces |
Hispanic | Office |
| PRCSV |
Preces verse |
Hispanic | Office |
| PRLG |
Praelegendum |
Hispanic | Mass |
| PRLGV |
Praelegendum verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| PS |
Psalm (when written out and notated) |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| Psa |
Prosa |
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| Psl |
Prosula (a type of trope - Tp): A prosula is a text created to fit a melisma in Gregorian chant. Alternative terms similarly employed in the medieval manuscripts include ‘prosa’, ‘tropus’ and ‘verba’. (Steiner, Oxford Music Online). |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| PSLD |
Psallendo |
Hispanic | Office |
| PSLDV |
Psallendo verse |
Hispanic | Office |
| PSLM |
Psalmo |
Hispanic | Mass |
| PSLMV |
Psalmo verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| R |
Responsory |
Franco-Roman | Office |
| RS |
Responsory (Hispanic rite) |
Hispanic | Mass/Office |
| RSV |
Responsory verse (Hispanic rite) |
Hispanic | Mass/Office |
| Sa |
Sanctus |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| SCR |
Sacrificium |
Hispanic | Mass |
| SCRV |
Sacrificium verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| SNCT |
Ad sanctus |
Hispanic | Mass |
| SNCTV |
Ad sanctus verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| SNO |
Sono |
Hispanic | Office |
| SNOV |
Sono verse |
Hispanic | Office |
| Sq |
Sequence |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| SqV |
Sequence verse |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| Tc |
Tract |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| TcV |
Tract verse |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| Tp |
Trope (broadly); see also specific types of tropes, such as Psl (prosula) and TpBD (troped Benedicamus domino) |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| TpAg |
Troped Agnus dei |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| TpAl |
Troped Alleluia |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| TpBD |
Troped Benedicamus domino |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| TpCm |
Troped Communion |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| TpGl |
Troped Gloria |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| TpIn |
Troped Introit |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| TpIte |
Troped Ite missa est |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| TpKy |
Troped Kyrie |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| TpOf |
Troped Offertory |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| TpSa |
Troped Sanctus |
Franco-Roman | Mass |
| TRN |
Threno |
Hispanic | Mass |
| TRNV |
Threno verse |
Hispanic | Mass |
| V |
Responsory verse |
Franco-Roman | Office |
| Va |
Varia |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| VaHW |
Varia within Holy Week |
Franco-Roman | Mass/Office |
| VAR |
Varia (Hispanic rite) |
Hispanic | Mass/Office |
| VARV |
Varia verse (Hispanic rite) |
Hispanic | Mass/Office |
| VPR |
Vespertinus |
Hispanic | Office |
| VPRV |
Vespertinus verse |
Hispanic | Office |
| VRS |
Versus (Hispanic rite, applied to a number of quite different types of pieces in the sources, including single verses of Scripture not attached to any parent chant as well as more lengthy poetic texts; see Randel, Index, xvii) |
Hispanic | Office |
| W |
Versicle |
Franco-Roman | Office |