antiphonaries

All of the manuscript antiphonaries, even the most ancient, have the first Vespers of Easter at the end of the Easter vigil, with the same antiphon at the Magnificat which is found also in the rite of St. Pius V. Synopsis of the Pius XII Reforms

Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 5 - Tenebrae and the Divine Office of the Triduum 2009

T he most ancient sacramentaries and antiphonaries of the several Churches attest, by the prayers, the lessons, and the whole liturgy of these two weeks, that the Passion of our Lord is now the one sole thought of the Christian world.

Gueranger: The History of Passiontide and Holy Week 2009

All of the antiphonaries of the Roman Rite, beginning with the oldest (the antiphonary of Compiègne, written about 870 A.D., and the Codex Hartker, written about the year 1000) attest with almost complete uniformity to the same repertoire of antiphons and responsories which are found in the Breviary of St. Pius V.

Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 5 - Tenebrae and the Divine Office of the Triduum 2009

None of the antiphonals include a calendar or the litany of saints. 104 "Like the gradual, antiphonaries are usually large manuscripts for easy visibility by the members of the choir, and are often in two to six volumes."

Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

If only for the sake of your peace of mind I would strongly advise you not to begin collecting early Spanish antiphonaries, such as you may see in the

The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

Perhaps the safest indications of this development are to be gathered from the early service-books -- sacramentaries, antiphonaries, and lectionaries -- but these are often difficult to date.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

In ancient antiphonaries it was often styled Evangelium Mariæ, the "Gospel of Mary".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

There was less medieval abbreviation in the text of books much used on public occasions, e.g. missals, antiphonaries, bibles; in one way or another the needs of students seem to have been the chief cause of the majority of medieval abbreviations.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Pontificalis in its several recensions, the Acts of the martyrs, chiefly the Roman ones, the calendars of the Roman Church constructed out of the missals or sacramentaries, the antiphonaries, capitularies of the Gospels, and the like, in which not infrequently there are hints and directions concerning the cemeteries and the martyrs of renown who were yet buried there.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

From the ninth century onwards a calendar was a common adjunct to most of the different classes of service-books, e.g. sacramentaries, psalters, antiphonaries, and even pontificals.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913