List of genres
Genre | Description | Mass / Office | |
---|---|---|---|
A |
Antiphon |
Office | |
Ag |
Agnus dei |
Mass | |
Al |
Alleluia |
Mass | |
AlV |
Alleluia verse |
Mass | |
AV |
Antiphon verse |
Office | |
BD |
Benedicamus domino |
Mass, Office | |
Ca |
Canticle |
Mass, Office | |
Cap |
Capitulum |
Office | |
CaV |
Canticle verse |
Mass, Office | |
Cm |
Communion |
Mass | |
CmR |
Versus ad repetendum for the communion |
Mass | |
CmV |
Communion verse |
Mass | |
Cn |
Cantio, Cantiones = songs in Latin or vernacular languages, most often occurring in later medieval and Renaissance liturgical books |
Mass | |
Co |
Collect |
Mass | |
Cr |
Credo |
Mass | |
D |
Dramatic element (used for items of liturgical drama that are not otherwise rubricked) |
Mass, Office | |
Gl |
Gloria |
Mass | |
Gr |
Gradual |
Mass | |
GrV |
Gradual verse |
Mass | |
H |
Hymn |
Office | |
HV |
Hymn verse |
Office | |
I |
Invitatory antiphon |
Office | |
Ig |
Ingressa (for the Beneventan liturgy) |
Office | |
In |
Introit |
Mass | |
InR |
Versus ad repetendum for the introit |
Mass | |
InV |
Introit verse |
Mass | |
IP |
Invitatory psalm (when fully written out and notated) |
Office | |
Ite |
Ite missa est |
Mass | |
Ky |
Kyrie |
Mass | |
L |
Lesson (when fully written out and notated) |
Mass | |
Li |
Litany |
Office | |
LiV |
Litany verse |
Mass, Office | |
Of |
Offertory |
Mass | |
OfV |
Offertory verse |
Mass | |
Or |
Oratio / Prayer |
Mass, Office | |
Pc |
Postcommunion |
Mass | |
Pn |
Pater noster |
Mass, Office | |
Pr |
Prefatio (when written out and notated) |
Mass | |
PRCS |
Preces (Old Hispanic) |
Old Hispanic | |
PRCSV |
Verse for the Preces (Old Hispanic) |
Old Hispanic | |
PS |
Psalm |
Office | |
Psl |
Prosula (a type of trope - Tp) |
Mass, Office | |
R |
Responsory |
Office | |
Sa |
Sanctus |
Mass | |
Sec |
Secret / Oratio secreta |
Mass | |
Sq |
Sequence |
Mass | |
SqV |
Sequence verse |
Mass | |
Tc |
Tract |
Mass | |
TcV |
Tract verse |
Mass | |
Tp |
Tropus |
Mass, Office | |
V |
Responsory verse |
Office | |
Va |
Varia |
Mass, Office | |
VaHW |
Varia within Holy Week |
Mass, Office | |
W |
Versicle |
Office | |
[?] |
Unknown, ambiguous, unidentifiable, illegible |
Mass, Office | |
[GV] |
Verse for a Mass chant (a generic code used in the earliest Cantus indices) |
Mass | |
[G] |
Mass chant (a generic code used in the earliest Cantus indices) |
Mass | |
[MO] |
Mass Ordinary (a generic code used in the earliest Cantus indices) |
Mass | |
[M] |
"Miscellaneous" (a descriptor used in the earliest versions of Cantus for the Te Deum, Versus in Triduo, prosulae - to be replaced by Va=Varia) |
Mass, Office |