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Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Officium Parvum BMV) — court Hours usage

Officium Parvum Beatae Mariae Virginis

Liturgical tradition; incorporated in royal Books of Hours of both Sigismund I and Bona Sforza·Carolingian origin c. 800–900; standard in Polish court Books of Hours by 15th c.·from the Latin

A full modern English translation of the work — 1 book, 8 chapters — translated sentence by sentence from the Latin, with scripture echoes traced and brief notes on the harder turns of phrase. Choose a section to begin reading.

8 chapters729 sentences25 scripture echoes
Devotional manualContemplatio — The Ascent
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Officium Parvum Beatae Mariae Virginis

  1. 1.1Ad Matutinum
  2. 1.2Ad Laudes
  3. 1.3Ad Primam
  4. 1.4Ad Tertiam
  5. 1.5Ad Sextam
  6. 1.6Ad Nonam
  7. 1.7Ad Vesperas
  8. 1.8Ad Completorium