Adso's manuscript is divided into seven days and each day in the periods corresponding to the liturgical hours. The subtitles, in the third person, were probably added by Vallet. But because they are useful to guide the reader, or this use differs from that of much literature in the vernacular of that time, I have not seen fit to remove them.
Some concerns have given me references Adso the canonical hours, why not just identify them varies depending on location and season, but probably in the fourteenth century there adhered to with absolute precision guidance laid down by St. Benedict in the rule.
However, orientation of the reader, relying in part from the text and in part by comparing the original rule of monastic life with the description given by Edouard Schneider bénédictines Les heures (Paris, Grasset, 1925), I think we can do the following assessment:
Matins (sometimes also called Adso with the older expression Vigiliae). Between 2:30 and 3 am.
Lauds (which in the older tradition were said Matutina). Between 5 and 6 in the morning, so as to end at dawn. Before
Around 7:30, just before dawn. Towards the Third
9.
Sixth South (in a monastery where the monks worked in the fields in winter was also the time of the meal).
Ninth Between 2 and 3 pm.
Vespers. At about 4:30, at sunset (the rule states to dinner when the darkness has not yet dropped). Compline
Around 6 (within 7, the monks go to bed).
The calculation is based on the fact that in northern Italy, in late November, the sun rises around 7:30 am and sets around 4:40 pm.
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