Books made for worship and prayer in the Christian church, including the book of hours, the breviary, the missal, the sacramentary and the Exultet roll. A genre belongs here when its cited article describes a liturgical or prayer book or scroll used in services or the canonical hours. The group sits within the Religious and Devotional Writing subcategory of the genre roster and gathers the genres of this kind that the atlas already records, so that a reader can browse related genres together and compare how each one is defined.
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Book of hours - Wikipedia
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Books of hours (Latin: horae) are Christian prayer books, which were used to pray the canonical hours.
Breviary - Wikipedia
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A breviary (Latin: breviarium) is a liturgical book used in Christianity for praying the canonical hours, usually recited at seven fixed prayer times.
Missal - Wikipedia
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A missal is a liturgical book containing instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the liturgical year.
Sacramentary - Wikipedia
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In the Western Church of the Early and High Middle Ages, a sacramentary was a book used for liturgical services and the mass by a bishop or priest.
Exultet roll (Wikipedia)
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An Exultet roll is a long and wide illuminated scroll containing the text and music of the Exultet, the liturgical chant for the Paschal vigil.
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