Abbreviations in Ordo tables

Column 1

  • day of month and day of week
  • V1 = First Vespers for the following day
  • V2 = Second Vespers of the current day

Column 2

A number between 1 - 7 associated with the Office in Column 3 for precedence decision

Column 3

  • the name of the office of the day,
  • the rest of the lines (if any) the names of other offices used for commemoration, in arbitrary order

Column 4

The rank of the office, different for the versions (1570, 1910, Divino Afflatu, 1960)

Column 5

C1 : Common of ApostleC1a : Common of Evangelists   C1v : Vigil of Apostle
C2 : Common of one MartyrC3 : Common of many Martyrs
C4 : Common of Confessor, Bishop or Pope (with variation)C4a : Common for Doctor of the Church, bishop
C5 : Common of Confessor not BishopC5a : Common for Doctor of the Church not a bishop
C6 : Common of one VirginC6a : Common of many Virgins
C7 : Common of Martyr Holy WomanC7a : Common of Holy Woman
C8 : Common for Dedication of a ChurchC9 : Office of the Dead
C10 : Office of the Blessed Virgin for SaturdayC11 : Common for the Blessed Virgin Mary
other : reference to Proper officep added to the name : Eastertime Office

Column 6

Doxology : special last stanza for the hymnsLaudes2 : second scheme of psalms for Lauds
Preces F. : preces for Lauds, VespersPreces D. : preces for Prime and Compline   Suffr. : suffragium after the commemorations
Hymn : proper hymn from the propriumAnt. Psalm. : proper antiphons; Matins, Vespers (special psalms), Lauds (psalms from Sunday)

Column 7

The names of the commemorated offices in proper order