33.1
16.5
Synthesis: day and night
17.1-5
Hours of the day: Prime–None
35.2-3
(40.1-3)
17.6
With and without refrains
(55.6)
17.7-8
Vespers
36.1-9
(41.1-4)
17.9-10
Compline
37.1-2
(42.1-4)
18.1-4
Distribution of the psalms. Prime
18.7-11
Terce, Sext, None
18.12-18
Vespers
18.19
Compline
18.20-21
Vigils
18.22-25
The full psalter weekly
19.1-2
Conduct during psalmody. God present
19.3-7
Citations. Harmony of mind and voice
47.1-24
20.1-4
Reverence at prayer
48.1-14
20.4-5
Private and communal prayer
21.1
The deans. Qualities required
11.4
21.2
Supervision of groups of ten
11.27-30
21.3-4
Criteria for selection
(11.20-21)
21.5-6
Correction and removal of deans
22.1
The dormitory: individual beds
11.109
22.2
Suitable bedding
22.3
Single dormitory or smaller ones
(11.108)
29.2-4
22.4
With a lamp burning
29.5-6
22.5
Sleep clothed and belted. No knives
11.111-112
22.6
Reason: to be ready for office
11.114
22.7
Young and old interspersed
(11.121)
22.8
Rising: encourage one another
23.1-3
Excommunication. Triple warning
12.1-2
23.4-5
Excommunication or corporal punishment
(14.79-86)
24.1-2
Degree of punishment. The abbot judges
12.4-7
24.3
Less serious faults. Minor punishment
13.60
24.4
No public recitation for those excommunicated
13.66-67
24.5-6
Meals later than others
13.50-52
24.7
Until satisfaction is made
13.61
25.1
Serious faults. Major punishment
13.41-42, 62
25.2-3
Complete isolation
13.43-45, 49
25.4
Sentence of the Apostle
25.5
Meals: time and amount
13.50-53
25.6
No blessing
13.46-47
26.1-2
Associating with the excommunicated
13.54-56
27.1
Care for the excommunicated. The abbot as physician
(14.12)
27.2-3
Send senpectae
27.4
All pray for him
(15.19-27)
27.5-7
Solicitude required of the abbot
27.8-9
Example of the Good Shepherd
(14.7-8)
28.1
Recidivists. Corporal punishment
(13.69; 14.87)
28.2-5
Let all pray
(15.19-27)
28.6-8
Expulsion
13.70-73
29.1
Return of an apostate. Promise required
29.2
Put in the lowest place
29.3
As many as three times
64.1-4
30.1-3
Reproving boys: corporal punishment
14.79-86
31.1-2
The cellarer: qualities required
16.62-66
31.3-5
Submission to the abbot (I)
16.32-37
31.6-7
Relationship with the brothers (I)
31.8
Keep watch over his own soul
(16.53-56)
31.9
The sick, etc. The day of judgment
16.27-37
31.10-12
Care for material goods
31.13-14
Relationship with the brothers (II)
31.15
Submission to the abbot (II)
16.32-37
31.16
He is not to “scandalize”
31.17
Helpers to be given him
31.18-19
Do everything at proper times
32.1-2
The tools and movable goods. Those in charge
17.1-4, 10-20
32.3
Inventory kept by the abbot
17.5
32.4-5
Punishment for negligence
17.6-9
33.1-6
Private ownership
16.58-61
82
33.7-8
Punishment for violation of ban
(82.16-27)
34.1-5
Distribution according to need
34.6-7
No grumbling. Punishment
35.1-2
Weekly servers. All to take turns
18.1-12
35.3-4
Helpers to be given them
19.18
35.5-6
All to take turns. Exceptions
(18.1-12)
35.7-8
Saturday: cleaning
19.19-27
35.9
Washing of the feet
(19.20-21)
(30.4-7)
35.10-11
Utensils returned to cellarer
16.39-40
35.12-14
Early portion for the servers
(21.11-14)
35.15-17
Sunday morning. Blessing of servers
25.3-7
35.17-18
Blessing of new servers
19.1-8
36.1-3
The sick. To be served as Christ
(28.13-18)
70.1-3
36.4-6
Those cared for and those caring for them
36.7
Infirmary and infirmarian
36.8-9
Baths and meat
36.10
Responsibility of the abbot
37.1-3
The elderly and children. No fasting
28.19-26
38.1
Reading with meals. The weekly reader
24.1-4
38.2-4
Prayer and blessing of reader
24.6-12
38.5-7
Silence in the refectory
38.8-9
No questions. Words of commentary
24.19
38.10
Diluted wine for the reader
24.14
38.11
Meal afterwards for the reader
24.30,40
38.12
Selection of reader for ability
(24.1-4)
39.1-3
Food. Two dishes and fruit
26.1
39.4
A pound of bread
26.2
39.5
A third set aside for supper
26.3
39.6-9
Increased allowance. No overindulgence
26.11-13
39.10
Children: smaller portions
26.14
39.11
No meat except for the sick
(53.26-33)
40.1-2
Drink. Reservations about prescribing measure
40.3
A half bottle of wine
27.39-40
40.4
Voluntary abstinence
27.47-51
40.5-7
Increased allowance. Avoidance of satiety
27.43-46
40.8-9
When not available, avoid grumbling
27.52-54
41.1
The times for meals. Easter season
28.37-40
41.2-3
Summer. Fast on Wednesday and Friday
41.4-5
Dispensing from the fast
41.6
Winter. Daily fast (None)
28.1-2
41.7
Lent. Daily fast (Vespers)
28.8
(53.34)
41.8-9
Evening meal before dark
(34.12-13; 36.10; 50.70-71)
42.1
Silence after Compline. Principle
(30.8-10)
42.2-7
Reading before Compline
42.8
Compline and beginning of silence
30.12-13
42.9
Breaking the silence. Punishment
(30.28-30)
42.10
Exceptions: guests, the abbot’s orders
30.24-27
(17-22)
42.11
Careful restraint
30.19, 25-26
43.1-3
Those coming late to office or meals. Nothing put before office
54.1-2
43.4-9
Those late for Vigils
(32.9-15)
73.1-5
43.10-12
Those late for day hours
73.6-7
43.13-16
Those late for meals
73.8-10
43.17
Prayers after meals
73.11
43.18
Nothing between meals
(21.8-10; 30.23)
43.19
Refusing what is offered. Punishment
(22.7-8; 74)
44.1-3
Major satisfaction. Prostration (I)
14.20-22
44.4
At the feet of all
14.17
44.5
Readmittance to choir
44.6
To refrain from intoning or reading
(13.66; 73.17)
44.7-8
Prostration after the office (II)
(14.20-22)
44.9-10
Minor satisfaction
13.61
45.1-2
In the oratory. Penalties for not making satisfaction
45.3
Children: corporal punishment
(14.79)
46.1-4
Satisfaction for faults at work
46.5-6
Hidden sin and its cure
15.1-17
47.1
The signal for office
31.1-9
47.2
Intoning the psalms according to seniority
46.1-2
47.3
Qualifications for reading and singing
(46.1-7)
47.4
The manner of reading and chanting
47.1-6
48.1
Manual labor. Necessity
50.1-7
48.2-6
Summer schedule
50.39-69
48.7-9
The harvest
(86)
48.10-13
Winter schedule
50.8-38
48.14
Lenten schedule
48.15-16
Reading in Lent
48.17-21
Supervision during the reading
48.22
Sunday reading
75.1-7
48.23
Those unable to read
50.76-77
48.24-25
Work for the sick
50.75,78
49.1-3
Lent: Time of purification
49.4-7
Prayer and abstinence
51–53
49.8-10
Control by the abbot
(53.11-15)
(74.1-4)
50.1-3
Office outside of choir. At work
55
50.4
On a journey
56
(58)
51.1-2
Meals forbidden on a day trip
61
51.3
Penalty
52.1
The oratory. Not a place for work
52.2-5
Silence while leaving it
68
53.1-2
Guests. All to be received as Christ
53.3-4
Welcome
65.1-8
53.4-5
Prayer before kiss of peace
71.1-10
53.6-7
Humble greeting
65.1-8
53.8-9
Prayer. Reading. Kindness
53.10-11
Breaking the fast
72
53.12
Washing the hands
53.13
Washing the feet
(30.5,26; 53.43)
53.14
Recitation of Ps 47:10
(65.9)
53.15
Reception of the poor
53.16-17
The kitchen for the abbot and Guests
53.18-20
Distribution of this work
(16.45-46)
53.21-22
Guest quarters and guest- Masters
79
53.23-24
Speaking with guests restricted
54.1-5
Reception of letters and gifts
(76)
55.1-3
Clothing. Adapted to diverse locales
55.4-6
Items of clothing and shoes
81.1-30
55.7
Use of available materials
55.8
The abbot to ensure correct measurements
55.9-12
Used clothing. Avoidance of superfluity
55.13-14
Clothing for a journey
(81.7)
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