medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Scott Carson wrote:
> On 17 Dec 2005, at 14:21, John Wickstrom wrote:
>
>> The addition of an additional antiphon in various traditions, as
>> John Briggs
>> describes below makes good liturgical sense. One additional antiphon
>> creates a sort of "anticipatory octave" rather than a seven day
>> anticipation, which does not have many liturgical analogues that I
>> know of.
>
> I thought the difference was between an Octave (beginning on 17
> December and running through 24 December) or a Novena (beginning on
> 16 December)--where does the 7-day count come in?
There are either seven antiphons starting on 17 December and running on to
23 December, or eight starting on 16 December and running on to 23 December.
Some calendars seem to start on 16 December and insert 'O Thoma Didyme' on
21 December.
John Briggs
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