Breviary Hymns

[CyrilSebastian]

                           What are Breviary Hymns?

[Shin]

Deus aeterni luminis,
Candor inennarabilis,
Venturus diei iudex,
Qui mentis occulta uides,

Tv regnum coelorum tenes,
Et totus in uerbo tu es,
Per Filium cuncta regis,
Sancto Spiritui fons es.

Trinvm nomen alta uides,
Vnum per omnia potens,
Mirumque per signum crucis
To rector immensae lucis.

Tv mundi constitutor es,
Tu in septimo throno sedes,
Iudex, ex alto humilis
Venisti pati pro nobus.

[CyrilSebastian]

The Breviary Hymns of the Rosary were the four hymns that were sung during the Liturgy of the   
Hours for the Feast of the Rosary.   
 
 

[CyrilSebastian]

Each Breviary hymn celebrates a category of mysteries of the rosary.

[eschator83]

Sometimes Shin doesn't seem to explain very clearly, as above #2.  I wonder why?  Also wondering why John Hardon's pocket dictionary says: "Breviary (is) the liturgical book the Divine Office..."  Then Hardon continues that "from the eleventh century" (the Church) began to combine various "hours" that were previously in separate books: "e.g. the Psalter, the Hymnary, and the Lectionary.  He continues ...the Liturgy of the Hours is (now) published in four volumes...  See also (separate listing) for Divine Office. 
He adds (Etym. Latin breviarium, a summary, abridgment.)
My 1994 Catechism isn't much more clear.  I have a note that there is a 2006 revision, and I wonder if there are others later.  My Divine Office (outer cover title) is in three volumes, effective 1/1/61, and is called on the first page The Hours of the Divine Office in English and Latin.  I love the book, and the introduction begins "The breviary is the official prayerbook of the Church."
My Liturgy of the Hours is four volumes, dated 1976, and very different, but at age 80 I wonder if it makes sense to buy these new.  Would you?
I think we are using different Bibles, too, and it seems very sad and the cause of substantial confusion.