MEDIEVAL CATHEDRAL PSALTER PSALTER (ALREADY IN USE IN THE EARLY 700s - 1568)
In order to ease the comparison with the monastic cursus, sections of Ps. 118 have been numbered in 22 sections of 8 verses. In the secular cursus, two are always said with a single Gloria Patri.
Hour Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Matins
1st Nocturn
1
2
3
6

7
8
9
10

11
12
13
14 

2nd Nocturn
15
16
17 

3rd Nocturn
18
19
20

 26
27

28
29

30
31

32
33

34
35

36
37		 38
39

40
41

43
44

45
46

47
48

49
51		 52
54

55
56

57
58

59
60

61
63

65
67		 68
69

70
71

72
73

74
75

76
77

78
79		 80
81

82
83

84
85

86
87

88
93

95
96		 97
98

99
100

101
102

103
104

105
106

107
108

Lauds

 92
99
62+66
Bened.
148+149+150		 50
5
62+66
Isaias
148+149+150		 50
42
62+66
Ezechias
148+149+150		 50
64
62+66
Anna
148+149+150		 50
89
62+66
Exod 15
148+149+150		 50
142
62+66
Habacuc
148+149+150		 50
91
62+66
Deut.32
148+149+150

Prime

 21
22
23
24
25
53
117
118 (1-2)
118 (3-4)		 53
118 (1-2)
118 (3-4)		 same as Monday same as Monday same as Monday same as Monday same as Monday
Terce 118 (5-6)
118 (7-8)
118 (9-10)		 same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday
Sext 118 (11-12)
118 (13-14)
118 (15-16)		 same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday
None 118 (17-18)
118 (19-20)
118 (21-22)		 same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday
Vespers 109
110
111
112
113		 114
115
116
119
120		 121
122
123
124
125		 126
127
128
129
130		 131
132
134
135
136		 137
138
139
140
141		 143
144
145
146
147
Compline 4
30 (v. 2-6)
90
133		 same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday same as Sunday

 

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