A comprehensive book containing the full Latin text (with translation) and music for Compline, including variations for all the liturgical seasons.
The prayer in the word of God for night service: the English word Compline is derived form the Latin word of "completorium", the completion of the working day.
By the time of the Reformation it had become the dominant form of liturgy throughout the British Isles. This volume presents all of the text, music, and rubrics for the observance of Compline throughout the year in the original Latin.
... completorium . 10 Eodem modo in silencio secunda nocte faciet . Minuti fratres , eciam ceteri omnes et singuli qui omittunt in conventu completorium , leccionem istam , " Fratres , sobrii estote , " et cetera , ex recta consuetudine ...
... completorium ; XLII , 67 , 9 , nihtsang singan ( compleant ) ; XVIII , 44 , 5 ; XLII , 67 , 11 , nihtsanc = completorium ; Concordia , 407 , 408 , 409 , 440 , 448 , 662 , 677 , 828 , 865 , 925 , 986 , 1024 , completorium = nihtsang ...
... completorium ; XLII , 67 , 9 , nihtsang singan ( compleant ) ; XVIII , 44 , 5 ; XLII , 67 , 11 , nihtsanc = completorium ; Concordia , 407 , 408 , 409 , 440 , 448 , 662 , 677 , 828 , 865 , 925 , 986 , 1024 , completorium nihtsang ...
... completorium ; XLII , 67 , 9 , nihtsang singan ( compleant ) ; XVIII , 44 , 5 ; XLII , 67 , 11 , nihtsanc = completorium ; Concordia , 407 , 408 , 409 , 440 , 448 , 662 , 677 , 828 , 865 , 925 , 986 , 1024 , completorium nihtsang ...
... completorium . 10 Eodem modo in silencio secunda nocte faciet . Minuti fratres , eciam ceteri omnes et singuli qui omittunt in conventu completorium , leccionem istam , " Fratres , sobrii estote , " et cetera , ex recta consuetudine ...
... completorium " must have been well known and duly recognised terms when he framed his Rules . For instance , in mentioning the " matutinum , " * he orders " ut , parvissimo intervallo quo Examples of their fratres ad necessaria naturæ ...
A mother and master storyteller shares reflections on her family's bedtime rituals and prayers.