Corpus Antiphonalium Officii - Ecclesiarum Centralis Europae [antikvár]

Research into the history of medieval liturgy and music is immensely facilitated and supported by the transcription of codices (such as the CAO by Dom R.J. Hesbert) and the catalogues made of the rich material (like the CANTUS program directed by R. Steiner). The CAO-ECE is alsó based on the accurate transcription and analysis of the medieval sources, its aim is, however, to go further in defining liturgical practice of the church institutions and local traditions along princples and methods described below. The result will be summed up in the tables accompanied by notes. They can be used (i) for studying the tradition and sources of a given church, (ii) for comparing the medieval rites of different centres (and thereby to investigate the flow of transmissions and influences), and alsó (iii) for defining or cheking the provenance of codices and fragments. The CAO-ECE Preliminary Report was published in 1903 (László Oobszay - Gábor Prószéky: Corpus Antiphonalium Officii - Ecclesiarum Centralis Europae. A Preliminary Report. Institute for Musicology, Budapest.) It presented certain principles of research, the description of computerization, and a table of the Advent section of 14 rites as an experimentál showpiece. (Further reports: Studia Musicologica 30, 1988, pp. 355-360; paper read at the Congress of American Musicologist, Austin, Texas, 1989.) Since then the computer program has been considerably improved by Gábor Prószéky, the principles have been tested in all sections of the Temporale. Now we are in the position of launching a series aimed at publishing the liturgical order of somé Central European secular Offices. As stated earlier the Temporale is considered to be of primary importance in defining the rites. To adapt the system to the Sanctorale a long time is needed and we can only hope that it will be published later in a series of B/ volumes.