Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Cantus Manuscript Database and Cantus Index

• What is the difference between Cantus Index and Cantus Manuscript Database?

• Cantus Manuscript Database (CMD) is a "manuscript database" containing indices of medieval manuscript and early printed sources. Every chant in the CMD has reference to the Cantus Index (CI) via Cantus ID number.
• Cantus Index (CI) is a simple list of chants according their Cantus ID number.
• CI is used for:
  • assigning new Cantus ID numbers to newly discovered chants
  • gathering concordances from manuscript database such as CMD.
  • generating automatic synoptic tables from the manuscript databases
• No manuscript references are included directly in CI.
• CI replaced the former "Master chant table" in the older version of the Cantus Manuscript Database.

Proofreading form

• How can I edit the incipit?

• You will find no editable "Incipit" field in CANTUS. Incipit is generated automatically from the "Standardised full text" field. Edit Fulltext field instead and the incipit will be updated automatically.
• NOTE: The incipit in the proofreading form is not updated immediately after editing the Fulltext field.