Irmologion
Sign in to savethumb|350px|Tropligin, (Melkite Use). Depicted are Irmos 705-709 (Syriac Sertâ book script. 11th century, [[Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. Now part of the Schøyen Collection, MS 577.]] Irmologion ( ) is a liturgical book of the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches that follow the Byzantine Rite. It contains irmoi () organised in sequences of odes (, sg. ) and such a sequence was called canon ( 'law'). These canons of nine, eight, four or three odes are to be chanted during the morning service (Orthros). The name irmologion derives from heirmos (), which means
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It is catalogued under the topic Eastern Orthodox liturgical books.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Subclass of
- liturgical book
- Image
- Syriac Sertâ book script.jpg
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- native label
- εἱρμολόγιον
- Commons category
- Irmologion
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Musical structure
- Content layout
- History
- See also
- References
- Chant books
- Tropologia (6th to 12th centuries)
- Office Menaia, Fasten and Flower Triod with Akrosticha
- Slavic irmologs with znamennaya notation (12th to 16th centuries)
- Slavic irmologs with kryuki notation (16th to 20th centuries)
- Old Byzantine notation (10th to 13th centuries)
- Middle Byzantine notation (13th to 19th centuries)
- Without notation (10th to 18th centuries)
- Chrysanthine notation (since 1814)
- Editions
- Studies
- External links
thumb|350px|Tropligin, (Melkite Use). Depicted are Irmos 705-709 (Syriac Sertâ book script. 11th century, [[Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. Now part of the Schøyen Collection, MS 577.]] Irmologion ( ) is a liturgical book of the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches that follow the Byzantine Rite. It contains irmoi () organised in sequences of odes (, sg. ) and such a sequence was called canon ( 'law'). These canons of nine, eight, four or three odes are to be chanted during the morning service (Orthros). The name irmologion derives from heirmos (), which means 'link'. The is a melodic model which preceded the composition of the odes. According to the etymology, the book 'collects' ( ) the .
== Musical structure ==
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