Gregorian Rubrics

Questions about the ceremonies of the Mass, answered in Adrian Fortescue's own words from The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described (1917) and The Mass: A Study of the Roman Liturgy (1912), with a citation for every quotation.

Fortescue describes the Roman rite of his day. Where your parish's Western Rite Orthodox directives differ, follow those. Quotations come from scans of the original editions, so check the scanned page for anything that matters.

The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described

Fortescue, 1917

Part I · General Principles Concerning Ceremonies

III. Liturgical Vessels, Instruments and Books
V. The Choir and Assistants at Ceremonies

Part II · The Holy Sacrifice

VI. Low Mass Said by a Priest
X. The Manner of Serving Low Mass
XI. High Mass
XIII. Sung Mass (Missa Cantata) Without Deacon and
XIV. The Assistant Priest
XV. High Mass in the Presence of a Greater Prelate
XVI. Pontifical High Mass at the Throne
XVII. Pontifical High Mass at the Faldstool
XVIII. Pontifical High Mass for the Dead

Part III · Evening Services

XIX. Vespers
XX. Pontifical Vespers
XXI. Other Evening Services
XXII. Benediction and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Part IV · The Liturgical Year

XXIII. Advent to Holy Week I. Advent
XXIV. The First Part of Holy Week
XXV. Tridvvm Sacrvm
XXVI. Easter to Advent

Part V · Occasional Functions

XXVII. The Forty Hours
XXVIII. Canonical Visitation and Confirmation
XXIX. The Ceremonies of the Ritual
XXX. Funerals

The Mass: A Study of the Roman Liturgy

Fortescue, 1912

Part I · The History of the Mass

I. The Eucharist in the First Three Centuries
II. The Parent Rites and Their Descendants
III. The Origin of the Roman Rite
IV. The Mass Since Gregory I

Part II · The Order of the Mass

V. The Mass of the Catechumens to the Lessons
VI. To the End of the Catechumens' Mass
VII. The Mass of the Faithful to the Eucharistic Prayer
IX. The Communion
X. After the Communion

Gregorian Rubrics

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