[De horis canonicis]

See the questions that begin: "I ask further, so that I may make it clearer."

It is asked what if a cleric omits the hours because he does not have a breviary; is he excused by reading other prayers? And by what reason must he read the hours? And must he repeat the omitted office? And what of a debtor who cannot pay at the term; is he released? And what of a cleric despoiled of his fruits and placed in chains, and afterwards released from them; is repetition expected? And if so, must the same be said of the office? And what of those who prefer to buy for themselves legal books or horses rather than books for the office? And of those who are ashamed to be seen with a breviary in hand? And does necessity excuse? And when someone has been infirm, must he reread the hours after the infirmity and convalescence, and what infirmity excuses, etc.? See the question that begins: "I ask what if a cleric omits to say the hours, etc."

It is asked whether those bound to the canonical hours are also bound to read the hours of the Blessed Virgin and the vigils for the dead? And should they be said by written law or custom? See the question that begins: "I ask whether one bound to the hours..."

It is asked whether one who omits such office of the Virgin sins, and can he be punished, and what of the absent, and what if it is done extraordinarily? See the question that begins: "I ask further for greater clarification, etc."

It is asked in what place the canonical hours are to be said? And what of those absent from the church; can they say the office outside the church? And what of the laity, and what of clerics riding on horses and others being on the way? See the question that begins: "I ask in what place the hours are to be said."

It is asked when someone is in the choir and others are reading the hours there, is it lawful for him to say his hours or other common prayers apart by himself? And should the common good be preferred to a private good, and should offices be celebrated collectively in churches? See the question that begins: "I ask when someone is in the choir."