CHD Hours of the Virgin
Hore Beate Marie Virginis - Use of the Carmelite Order
Ad Matutinum Invitatorium Ave maria
Hymnus Quem terra ponthusAnt. ps. 8: Benedicta tu
Lectio i. Sancta maria virgo virginum Responsorium i. Sancta et immaculata
Ad LaudesPss. 92, 99, 62, 66, B, 148
Antiphona Assumpta est maria
Capitulum In omnibus requiem Hymnus O gloriosa domina V.Elegit eam
Antiphona super Benedictus O gloriosa dei genitrix
Collecta Deus qui de beate marie -
Beate et gloriose semperque virginis*
Ad PrimamPss. 53, 116, 117
Hymnus Memento salutis auctor
Antiphona Assumpta est maria
Capitulum Ab initio et ante R. Sancta maria mater xpi V.Et impetratam V.Sancta dei genitrix
Collecta Concede quesumus omnipotens et misericors deus fragilitati - *
Ad TertiamPss. 119, 120, 121
Hymnus As primam (Ut supra)
Antiphona Maria virgo assumpta est
Capitulum In syon firmata R. Sancta dei genitrix V.Intercede pro nobis V.Ora pro nobis
Collecta Deus qui salutis eterne - *
Ad SextamPss. 122, 123, 124
Antiphona In odorem
Capitulum Et radicavi R. Ora pro nobis V.Ut digni V.Post partum
Collecta Deus qui virginalem aulam - *
Ad NonamPss. 125, 126, 127
Antiphona Pulchra est et decora
Capitulum Sicut cynamomum R. Post partum V.Dei genitrix intercede V.Speciosa facta es
Collecta Famulorum tuorum - *
Ad VesperasPss. 109, 112, 121, 126, 147
Antiphona Beata mater et intacta
Capitulum Beata es maria Hymnus Ave maris stella R.Diffusa est gratia
Antiphona super Magnificat Sancta maria succurre
Collecta Concede nos famulos tuos - *
Ad CompletoriumPss. 12, 42, 128, 130
Antiphona Cum iocunditate
Capitulum Felix namque es Hymnus Virgo singularis R.Ecce ancilla
Antiphona super Nunc dimittis Sub tuum presidium
Collecta Gratiam tuam quesumus domine mentibus nostris infunde

Source: Copenhagen KB Breviarium Carmelitarum, L.Giunta, Venetiis 1515, fol.72v-74v [Bohatta No.1541].
ED notes: *The prayer Beate et gloriose is repeated at the end of all hours after a likewise repeated antiphon following the regular collect. OD: 14-72-24 32-57-28 68-82-38 (KO p.112-114)
Variants: No book of hours after Carmelite use is known to me. The use was perhaps reserved members of the order, and books for the lay parish edited after the local use. The fragments of the Horae printed for the Carmelites in Ghent by Arend de Keysere c.1487-1488, has left sufficient parts of the hours of the Virgin, to show that it followed Roman use. A detailed reconstruction will appear soon on this site under Incunabula.
Other sources: Paris BN ms.lat.1275, Breviarium Carmelitanum, sec.15 (B61); Breviarium impr. 1495, Paris Bibl.Maz.Inc.800 (VL109, B975);
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