These 6-digit
numbers (plus letter suffixes) have been created by CANTUS in order
that the
large repertory of chants not
included in CAO (i.e., not included in the twelve early antiphoners
surveyed by Hesbert) might begin to be cross-referenced
across the database.
These CantusIDNumbers have been designed
to follow both the past
numbering practices of CANTUS and the general numbering scheme created
by Hesbert in CAO, with corresponding numerical prefixes for each genre
of chant.
For example:
00#### CAO numbers (formerly "cao####")
90#### “standard” entries (doxology, Te
deum, etc.) including illegible (formerly "can0000") and ambiguous
(formerly "can9999") chants
10#### Non-CAO Invitatories (I)
20#### Non-CAO Antiphons (A) & Verses (AV)
60#### Non-CAO Responsories (R) &
Verses (V)
80#### Non-CAO Versicles (W)
83#### Non-CAO Hymns (H)
85#### Non-CAO Varia (L, M & G)
99#### Unknown Genres
The original “chantIDnumbers,” specific to each manuscript source or
liturgical centre, have been retained in the "chantIDnumber" field.
NOTE TO USERS:
At the present time, the full texts for most of the chants not included
in CAO have not been checked against one another; for the purposes of
embarking on this enormous concordance project the incipits and genres
have been matched. Therefore, there is a possibility that some
incipits have been mistakenly merged together into the same ID
number. As time permits, the CANTUS staff are proofreading full
texts, but we encourage anyone using these CantusIDNumbers to please
report any errors to the
research office.
