ESA: Psalter

The Psalter contains the ordinary parts of the Office that are sung through on a regular basis: the Psalms, distributed amongst the Hours of Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline for each day of the week; the ordinary Antiphons for the Psalms; the ordinary Hymns for each Hour; the Canticles; the Preces, etc. Compline includes its Propers for the seasons and feasts of the year.
The Psalter also contains the Seven Penitential Psalms, the Litany, the Office of the Dead, and the Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Psalter is pointed for singing.
The Psalter also contains the Common of Saints, comprising the common elements used on the various saints’ days throughout the year.
The Psalter also contains several special Offices which are not part of the regular Kalendar: the Commemoration of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, the Translation and Commemoration of Saint Chad, the Feast of the Icon of the Lord, and the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Psalter also contains the Office of the Blessing of Salt and Water and the Blessing of Bread.
Following the Table of Ranks of Feasts, the Psalter provides the Ordinary of the Mass and a collection of Votive Masses.

In the following Psalter the psalms and canticles are pointed for singing using a diacritical pointing method. This method is fully explained in the Companion.

FileDatePagesSound files
NSA-01 Sunday Matins LaudsFebruary 2024[1]-[66]NSA-01
NSA-02 PrimeFebruary 2024[67]-[146]NSA-02
NSA-03 Terce Sext NoneFebruary 2024[147]-[196]NSA-03
NSA-04 MondayFebruary 2024[197]-[240]NSA-04
NSA-05 TuesdayFebruary 2024[241]-[262]NSA-05
NSA-06 WednesdayFebruary 2024[263]-[284]NSA-06
NSA-07 ThursdayFebruary 2024[285]-[310]NSA-07
NSA-08 FridayFebruary 2024[311]-[336]NSA-08
NSA-09 SaturdayFebruary 2024[337]-[362]NSA-09
NSA_10 VespersFebruary 2024[363]-[420]NSA-10
NSA-11 ComplineFebruary 2024[421]-[472]NSA-11
NSA-12 Penitential Psalms, LitanyMarch 2024[473]-[502]NSA-12
NSA-13 Office of the DeadMarch 2024[503]-[534]NSA-13
NSA-14 Office of the Blessed VirginMarch 2024[535]-[590]NSA-14
NSA-15 Commemoration of S. Thomas &c.March 2024[591]-[634]NSA-15
NSA-16 Presentation of the Virgin &c.March 2024[635]-[694]NSA-16
NSA-17 Common of Saints: EastertideMarch 2024[695]-[724]NSA-17
NSA_18 Common of Saints: ApostlesMarch 2024[725]-[764]NSA-18
NSA-19 Common of Saints: One MartyrMarch 2024[765]-[826]NSA-19
NSA-20 Common of Saints: Many MartyrsMarch 2024[827]-[888]NSA-20
NSA-21 Common of Saints: ConfessorsMarch 2024[889]-[980]NSA-21
NSA-22 Common of Saints: VirginsMarch 2024[981]-[1048]NSA-22

Psalter with numerical pointing

At the outset of this project the plan was to use the numerical pointing system as found in the Palmer’s Sarum Psalter. However, as the project developed it seemed appropriate to develop a different system–diacritical pointing–that would avoid some issues with the numerical system and at the same time give a less cluttered appearance. Having fully adopted the diacritical system, the former numerical system is available below, but is no longer supported.

FileDatePagesSound Files
Sunday Matins LaudsNovember 2015[1-75]ESA-01
PrimeNovember 2015[76-155]ESA-02
Terce Sext NoneNovember 2015[156-189]ESA-03
MondayNovember 2015[190-240ESA-04
TuesdayNovember 2015[241-268]ESA-05
WednesdayNovember 2015[269-296]ESA-06
ThursdayNovember 2015[297-330]ESA-07
FridayNovember 2015[331-364]ESA-08
SaturdayNovember 2015[365-398]ESA-09
VespersJanuary 1 2016[399-466]ESA-10
ComplineJanuary 1 2016[467-518]ESA-11