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Old 11-22-2004, 06:19 AM   #1
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Anyone know where I can find a typical day's itinerary for an 11th Century monk?

eg: Matins (time?), ... Vespers (time?)

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As the medieval day was governed by the sun, rather than by today's mechanical clocks, it is difficult to present an accurate timetable of services and work, but a typical day might have been as follows:

2.00 am Matins
3.00 am Lauds
6.00 am Prime
8.00 am Terce
8.30 am Morning Mass
9.00 am Chapter
10.00 am High Mass
11.00 am Dinner
12.30 pm Nones Work
6.00 pm Vespers Supper
7.00 pm Compline
Retirement for the night

http://www.leeds.gov.uk/kirkstallabbey/themonks.html

No idea what they mean but Dinner seems simple enough
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Old 11-24-2004, 03:31 AM   #3
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No idea what they mean but Dinner seems simple enough
Hahaha! I wonder what happened to breakfast and lunch, though...

Thanks for that, Cipher2.
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