ID: 901001042 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001042	Record Type: Literature

	Office of the Dead (Christian prayer cycle, 7th/8th century)

Note: Prayer cycle said for the repose of the soul of the dead, as part of the Canonical Hours in the Catholic Church, Anglican Church, and Lutheran Church. The work is composed of various prayers, psalms, scripture, and other text. Its authorship is in dispute.

Display Date: 7th/8th century

Names:

	Office of the Dead (Christian prayer cycle, 7th/8th century) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Office for the Dead (Christian prayer cycle, 7th/8th century) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............Office of the Dead (Christian prayer cycle, 7th/8th century) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... prayers (literary genre)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christianity
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Office of the Dead (Christian prayer cycle, 7th/8th century)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Office for the Dead (Christian prayer cycle, 7th/8th century)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)