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Lectionary / Book that contains the readings (lectiones) for the Nocturns
Lectionarium of the Liturgy of the Hours. It could be biblical, patristic, or
hagiographical.
Leonine verses In medieval Latin poetry, and in the romance, verses in
which the first hemistich (half of the verse) was matched
by assonance or rhyme with the second one. The name per-
haps derives from the name of a poet, Leonius, canon of
Saint Victor in Paris (twelfth century), who was the first
or the one who more frequently used this type of verse.
I.e. Christe patris uerbum, qui regnum rite supernum | qui
mare, qui terras, qui saecula cuncta gubernas (hymn to Saint
Saturninus, Sardinia; see Piras, Passio Sancti Saturninus,
p. 109).
Liturgy of the Hours / Denotes the set of the various moments of the official prayer
Office of the of the Church that encompass the entire day (day and night:
Hours / Officium / “die ac nocte”). The liturgical day in the Middle Ages consisted
Divine Office / of the following Hours: vespers (major Hour); compline;
Canonical Hours “matin” (in the middle of the night, divided into three
Nocturns); lauds (second major Hour); first, third, sixth,
ninth Hours (the four minor Hours); second vespers.
Llibre Vermell Codex 1 of the Benedictine Monastery Library of Montserrat
(Catalunya), dating from the late fourteenth century; it con-
tains ten songs with neumes, including dances, among which
are the Dance of Death and the oldest examples of Goigs for
the use of the pilgrims.
Milanese rite.
Ambrosian rite
Miserere Psalm 50. It is deeply rooted in the tradition of the “multipart
singing” from the oral tradition of Sardinia, both in the rites of
the Holy Week, in the context of the singing a cuncordu.
Missal Book that contains all the texts, with or without music, neces-
sary for the celebration of the Mass (prayers, readings, songs,
rubrics). Like the Breviary, the Missal is usually preceded by a
calendar.
Monodic chant Song for one voice (i.e. song with a single melody, which can
also be sung by several singers).
Monody Chant for a single voice. Monodic chant.
Mozarabic rite. *Visigothic rite.
Musica mensurabilis An expression that is found in the treatises on the medi-
eval polyphony of the Ars Antiqua and Ars Nova. “The music
mensurabilis is based on the classification of the duration