Office of the Dead

Latin Keywords vigiliae, agenda, mortuorum, defunctorum, animarum
Short Description A special Proper of the Divine Office for departed souls, also known from its first antiphon as the "Placebo". The Office contained only the first Vespers and Matins (including Lauds), omitting almost all parts that are also absent from the Hours of the Paschal Triduum. It was recited as a regular supplement to the daily Office, besides use on the actual day of burial and All Souls.

Documents

Book Original Index Title P.N
AT Salzburg 1482, Breviary, Breviarium Salisburgense | 566 Placebo Domino
512
AT Salzburg 1000-1050, Pontifical, BM Vendôme Ms. 14 | 1022 Antiphonae et lectiones ac responsoria in vigilia defuncti
145
BE Tournai 1497, Breviary, Breviarium Tornacense | 626 Sequuntur vigiliae mortuorum
192 (fo.87v)
CH Basel 1490 (about), Breviary, Breviarium Basiliense | 782 Incipiunt vigiliae mortuorum
537
CH Basel 1498, Breviary, Breviarium Basiliense | 198 Incipiunt vigiliae mortuorum
162
CZ Olomouc 1499, Breviary, Breviarium Olomucense | 437 Sequuntur vigiliae maiores defunctorum
138
CZ Praha 1502, Breviary, Breviarium Pragense | 545 Vesperae defunctorum
804
DE Augsburg 1485, Breviary, Liber horarum Augustensis | 774 Incipit officium in agenda mortuorum
1217
DE Bamberg 1501, Breviary, Breviarium Bambergense | 192 Sequuntur vigiliae seu vesperae mortuorum
405 (27v)
DE Eichstätt 1589, Breviary, Breviarium Eystetense | 904 Vigiliae mortuorum
841
DE Erfurt 1518, Breviary, Breviarium Erfordiense | 247 Vesperae mortuorum
40
DE Freising 1491, Breviary, Breviarium Frisingense | 887 Officium in agenda mortuorum
170
DE Halberstadt 1510, Breviary, Breviarium Halberstadense | 906 Placebo Domino
665
DE Havelberg 1300 (about), Gradual, Antiphonal, Psalter, StaBi Berlin Ms. theol. lat. fol. 319 | 5523 Lectiones vigiliae defunctorum
5
DE Konstanz 1501, Breviary, Breviarium Constantiense | 305 Placebo
757
DE Magdeburg 1514, Breviary, Breviarium Magdeburgense | 361 Sequuntur vesperae vigiliarum
500
DE Magdeburg 1508 (after), Ceremonial, Ordinal, StaBi Berlin Ms. theol. lat. Quart. 113 | 2918 In Commemoratione omnium fidelium
344
DE Mainz 1487, Breviary, Breviarium Moguntinum | 367 Incipiunt vigiliae maiores
111
DE Mainz (OSB) 0950 (about), Sacramentary, ÖNB Wien Cod. 1888 (olim: Theol. 685) | 4581 In agenda mortuorum
357
DE Meißen 1511, Diurnal, Diurnale Misnense | 880 Vesperae vigiliarum
372
DE Meißen 1517, Breviary, Breviarium Misnense | 881 Sequuntur vesperae et vigiliae mortuorum
517 (71v)
DE Trier 1501, Breviary, Breviarium Treverense | 636 Vigiliae mortuorum
114 (49v)
DE Würzburg 1509, Breviary, Breviarium Herbipolense | 907 Vigiliae mortuorum maiores
226
DK Odense 1510 (about), Breviary, Breviarium Ottoniense | 430 Incipit vigiliae mortuorum
523 (264v)
DK Roskilde 1517, Breviary, Breviarium Roscildense | 505 Vigiliae mortuorum
153 (61v)
ES Burgos 1480-1485, Breviary, Breviarium Burgense | 219 In agenda mortuorum
488 (236v)
ES Lleida 1479, Breviary, Breviarium Illerdense | 345 Incipit officium defunctorum
496
ES Santiago de Compostela 1569, Breviary, Breviarium Compostellanum | 788 Officium defunctorum secundum morem almae ecclesiae Compostellanae
1218
ES Silos 1150-1200, Missal, BU Salamanca Ms. 2637 | 3715 ... dixi pater meus es mater mea et soror mea vermibus
500
ES Toledo 1492, Breviary, Breviarium Toletanum | 612 In officio defunctorum
521 (252v)
ES Toledo 1515, Psalter, Psalterium Toletanum | 613 In obsequio defunctorum
313
ES Toledo 1502, Breviary, Breviarium Mozarabicum | 873 Incipit officium mortuorum
643
ES Zaragoza 1496, Breviary, Breviarium Caesaraugustanum | 886 Incipit officium defunctorum
323 (100v)
FR Angoulême 1509, Ritual, Manuale Engolismense | 917 Ad vesperas mortuorum
64 (28r)
FR Beaune 1517, Breviary, Breviarium Belnense | 202 Incipiunt vigiliae mortuorum
740
FR Beauvais 1544, Ritual, Manuale Belvacense | 909 Sequuntur vigiliae mortuorum
158
FR Cambrai 1497, Breviary, Breviarium Cameracense (pars hiemalis) | 221 Sequitur officium mortuorum
324 (55v)
FR Cambrai 1497, Breviary, Breviarium Cameracense (pars aestivalis) | 222 Sequitur officium mortuorum
292 (g7v)
FR Carcassonne 1350 (about), Breviary, BNF Paris Lat. 01036 | 903 In die omnium sanctorum post vesperas diei festi ad generalem memoriam defunctorum ad vesperas
422
FR Elne 1500, Breviary, Breviarium Elnense | 243 Incipit officium defunctorum
965 (202r)
FR Fréjus 1495, Breviary, Breviarium Foroiuliense | 908 Incipit officium in agenda mortuorum
958
FR Fréjus 1495, Breviary, Breviarium Foroiuliense | 908 In matutinis in agenda mortuorum
1023
FR Limoges 1518, Ritual, Manuale Lemovicense | 1197 Sequuntur vigiliae mortuorum
224 (100v)
FR OCist 1183-1188, Evangeliary, Mass Lectionary, Sacramentary, Collectary, Martyrology, Office Lectionary, Ritual, Custumary, BM Dijon Ms. 0114 | 2332 Officium defunctorum
304 (150v)
FR OP 1492, Breviary, Breviarium Dominicanum | 444 Orationes in officio defunctorum
742
FR OP 1311 (about), Ritual, OSZK Budapest Cod. lat. 69 | 7738 Placebo Domino
162
FR OPraem 1490, Breviary, Breviarium Praemonstratense | 459 Sequuntur vesperae mortuorum
132 (58v)
FR OPraem 1504, Breviary, Breviarium Praemonstratense | 822 Ad vesperas vigiliarum
597
FR Paris 1500 (after), Breviary, Breviarium Parisiense | 523 Vesperae mortuorum
850 (b.182v)
FR Soissons 1534, Breviary, Breviarium Suessionense | 593 Incipiunt vigiliae mortuorum
145 (61r)
FR Vannes 1532, Ritual, Manuale Venetense | 767 In agenda mortuorum
114 (70v)
FR Vannes 1559-1566, Pontifical, BM Vannes Ms. 2 | 1021 De vesperis et matutinis pro defunctis
99 (91v)
FR Vienne 1489, Breviary, Breviarium Viennense | 676 Hic incipit officium mortuorum secundum usum Viennensis ecclesiae
947 (yy3)
GB Aberdeen 1509, Breviary, Breviarium Aberdonense (pars hiemalis) | 824 Placebo Domino in regione vivorum
211 (83r)
GB Aberdeen 1509, Breviary, Breviarium Aberdonense (pars aestivalis) | 823 Placebo Domino in regione vivorum
201 (83r)
GB Guisborough 1200-1300, Breviary, Processional, BL London Add. Ms. 35285 | 755 Incipit commendatio animae
425 (211v)
GB Salisbury 1531, Breviary, Breviarium Sarum | 564 Placebo
79 (xlv)
GB Salisbury 1531, Breviary, Breviarium Sarum | 564 Officium mortuorum
1022 (271)
GB Salisbury 1531, Breviary, Breviarium Sarum | 564 Finitis his vesperis
1833 (981)
GB Winchester 1061 (about), Ritual, Corpus Christi Cambridge Ms. 422 | 3900 Placebo Domino
476
HR Zagreb 1484, Breviary, Breviarium Zagrabiense | 693 Consequenter subiiciamus officium mortuorum
94 (e10v)
HR Zagreb 1484, Breviary, Breviarium Zagrabiense | 862 Placebo Domino in regione vivorum
117 (117)
HR Zagreb 1430, Breviary, Knj. Metrop. Zagreb MR 103 | 5406 Sequuntur vigilae mortuorum
120 (73v)
HU Esztergom 1558, Breviary, Breviarium Strigoniense | 255 Incipiunt vesperae mortuorum
327
HU Esztergom 1480, Breviary, Breviarium Strigoniense | 259 Incipiuntur vesperae defunctorum
110 (39r)
HU OSPPE 1540, Breviary, Breviarium Paulinum | 473 Incipiunt vigiliae mortuorum
168
HU OSPPE 1526-1550, Hymnary, Processional, Ritual, OSPPE Czestochowa R. 583 (olim: I-215) | 7774 Placebo Domino
153
IL OCarm 1543, Breviary, Breviarium Carmelitanum | 412 Incipit officium mortuorum
270
IT Bressanone 1516, Breviary, Breviarium Brixinense (pars hiemalis) | 215 Sequuntur vigiliae mortuorum
179 (72v)
IT Capua 1489, Breviary, Breviarium Capuanum | 874 In Commemoratione omnium fidelium defunctorum
979
IT Lodi 1200-1300, Ritual, BNF Paris NAL 1030 | 3314 Ad vigiliam mortuorum
48 (47v)
IT Roma 1599, Breviary, Breviarium Romanum | 483 Officium defunctorum
1015 (95v)
IT Roma 1614, Ritual, Rituale Romanum | 1195 Officium defunctorum
117
IT Roma 1100-1200, Antiphonal, BAV Arch. S. Pietro B. 79 | 6504 Incipit officium defunctorum ... Credo qui Redemptor meus vivit
389
NL Utrecht 1497, Breviary, Breviarium Traiectense | 659 Incipit commendatio animarum
38 (a5r)
NL Windesheim 1499, Breviary, Breviarium Windeshemense | 679 Incipiunt vigiliae defunctorum
419 (h7v)
NO Trondheim 1519, Breviary, Breviarium Nidrosiense | 642 Sequuntur vigiliae mortuorum
491 (239v)
PL Kraków 1507, Psalter, Psalterium Cracoviense | 311 Placebo Domino in regione vivorum
218 (90v)
PT Braga 1494, Breviary, Breviarium Bracarense | 213 Hic incipit officium defunctorum
95 (61r)
PT Coimbra 1300-1400, Missal, Arq. Distr. Univ. Coimbra Estante XVI, tab.5, nº 5 | 1379 Placebo Domino
2
PT Évora 1548, Breviary, Breviarium Elborense | 892 Incipiunt horae defunctorum secundum Eborensis ecclesiae consuetudinem
596 (Pp3v)
RO Oradea 1460, Breviary, BAV Vat. lat. 08247 | 6500 Placebo Domino
634
SE Lund 1517, Breviary, Breviarium Lundense | 347 Sequuntur vigiliae mortuorum
148 (60r)
SE Skara 1498, Breviary, Ritual, Breviarium Scarense | 592 Placebo Domino
153
SE Uppsala 1496, Breviary, Breviarium Upsalense | 653 In commemoratione defunctorum
759 (u2r)

See also

Book
FR Saint-Malo 1503, Missal, Missale Macloviense | 86
FR Albi 1100-1200, Pontifical, BM Albi Ms. 34 (20) | 156
FR Angers 1543, Ritual, Manuale Andegavense | 162
FR Besançon 1515 (about), Ritual, Manuale Bisuntinense | 206
FR Bourges 1538, Ritual, Manuale Bituricense | 212
IT Bressanone 1493 (after), Ritual, Obsequiale Brixinense | 216
FR Coutances 1494, Ritual, Manuale Constantiense | 275
DE Freising 1005-1039, Pontifical, BSB München Clm 21587 | 287
CH Genève 1508, Ritual, Manuale Gebennense | 291
FR Laon 1538, Ritual, Manuale Laudunense | 321
CH Lausanne 1508-1510, Ritual, Manuale Lausannense | 323
FR Le Mans 1511, Ritual, Manuale Cenomanense | 327
FR Lisieux 1523, Ritual, Manuale Lexoviense | 342
SE Lund 1250 (about), Hymnary, UB Uppsala C 515 | 348
DE Mainz 1671, Ritual, Agenda Moguntina-Herbipolensis-Wormatensis | 370
IT Messina 1300-1500, Pontifical, BNE Madrid Ms. 00715 | 383
FR Nevers 1582, Ritual, Manuale Nivernense | 402
IT Roma 1476, Ritual, Rituale Romanum | 500
PL Płock 1554, Ritual, Agenda Plocensis | 535
FR Poitiers 1587, Ritual, Manuale Pictaviense | 539
CH Sankt Gallen 1100-1200, Ritual, OSB St. Gallen Cod. Sang. 0395 | 572
BE Tournai 1591, Ritual, Manuale Tornacense | 625
IT Troia 1300-1350, Pontifical, BN Napoli Ms. VI G 24 | 640
FI Turku 1522, Ritual, Manuale Aboense | 651
SE Uppsala 1487, Ritual, Manuale Upsalense | 654
IT Siena 1100-1300, Pontifical, Bibl. Com. Siena Ms. F. VI. 8 | 738
FR Limoges 1596, Ritual, Enchiridion Romano-Gallicum | 762
FR Cahors 1593, Ritual, Manuale Cadurcense | 768
FR Tours 1533, Ritual, Manuale Turonense | 789
FR Arras 1600, Ritual, Manuale Atrebatense | 812
FI Turku 1522, Ritual, Manuale Aboense | 836
AT Salzburg 1000-1100, Pontifical, ÖNB Wien Cod. 1830 Han | 882
IT Firenze 1000-1025, Sacramentary, Laurenziana Firenze Ms. Aedil. 122 | 900
FR Aurillac 1050-1100, Antiphonal, BNF Paris Lat. 00944 | 913
HU Esztergom 1583, Ritual, Agendarius Strigoniensis | 919
HR Dubrovnik 1200-1400, Pontifical, BAV Borgh. 14 | 1131