RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Genre Terms

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:::: Content of work (Gathering term; do not assign)

::::     SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

::: Religious works (Gathering term; do not assign)

:::     SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

:: Service books

::     SN: Use for books containing miscellaneous religious rites,
:: whether or not compiled from official liturgical texts; may
:: include hymns.

: Liturgical books

:     SN: Use for collections of official texts of liturgical
: services for use in public worship, such as the Anglican
: Book of Common Prayer, or the Jewish Siddur.

Pontificals

    SN: Use for works containing the offices, or forms for
sacraments, rites, etc., performed by a pontiff or bishop.

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