Great article. In the old Roman Office (before Pius X) Psalm 118 was recited in its entirety at the little hours every day of the year. I suspect it may have been that way in Saint Benedict's time as well. He seems to have been in the early sixth century constructing his Ordo of the Psalms as an edited version of something that resembles the pre-1911 Roman Psalter which is why he had to drop the number of Vespers Psalms to four because he took nine of them out of the Vespers cycle to cover the day hours from Tuesday through Saturday.
Interesting, thanks. I haven't yet had time to study the earlier Roman arrangements though I have started looking at the Sarum rite. Not got far yet, sadly
Great article. In the old Roman Office (before Pius X) Psalm 118 was recited in its entirety at the little hours every day of the year. I suspect it may have been that way in Saint Benedict's time as well. He seems to have been in the early sixth century constructing his Ordo of the Psalms as an edited version of something that resembles the pre-1911 Roman Psalter which is why he had to drop the number of Vespers Psalms to four because he took nine of them out of the Vespers cycle to cover the day hours from Tuesday through Saturday.
Interesting, thanks. I haven't yet had time to study the earlier Roman arrangements though I have started looking at the Sarum rite. Not got far yet, sadly