2 chant manuscripts of Moni Vatopaidiou at the Library of Congress

MS 1488

Beginning of the Pentekostarion notated with developed Coislin notation (f. 125v)

Oktoechos notated with intermediate Chartres notation (f. 194v)

XI • Triodion, Pentekostarion and Oktoechos with Coislin (standard repertoire of the moveabe cycl

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Surprise for Orthodox Easter 2019: 5 Akolouthiai of the National Library of Greece (ΕΒΕ)

Among many other sources the Akolouthiai (τάξις τῶν ἀκολουθίων “order of services”) are one of the most important sources of Byzantine psaltic art. This new book type of the 14th century replaced the old books of the cathedral rite (the choir book kn

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Vienna, National Library, Cod. Theol. gr. 185 Akolouthiai

With many thanks to Dominique Gatté who indicated this new publication of a digitised manuscript, this time a rather rare type: the Akolouthiai or Taxis ton akolouthion ("Order of services").

Theol. gr. 185

Cherouvikon asmatikon in echos plagios devter

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Reconstructions of the Byzantine Cathedral Rite

Please have a look on the discussion of the videos made by a performance of Capella romana in a virtual reconstruction of the Constantinopolitan Hagia Sophia.

There have been numerous studies of the rite which belongs to this cathedral, and the very u

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