DEDICATION.5 ACKNOLEDGEMENTS.7 LIST OF TABLES.11 INTRODUCTION: THE PSALMS.13 THE AMOMOS.19 SUBJECT MATTER AND TRANSMISSION.19 TRANSMISSION OF PSALM 118 IN THE BYZANTINE RITE.26 DOCUMENTATION.32 THE BYZANTINE MUSICAL MANUSCRIPTS.32 THE AMOMOS IN THE AKOLOUTHIAI MANUSCRIPTS.39 ASMATIKOS ORTHROS.50 THE MUSIC OF PSALM 118 IN THE "CHANTED" ORTHROS.62 RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN FAMILIES.87 THE AMOMOS IN OTHER LITURGICAL SERVICES.95 MESONYKTIKON.95 TAKING OF THE SCHEMATA.99 ORTHROS.101 NEKROSIMON AKOLOUTHIA.109 THE AMOMOS FOR LAYMEN.118 THE FUNERAL AMOMOS FOR MONKS.176 THE AMOMOS FOR THEOTOKOS AND CHRIST.200 CONLUSION.212 ABBREVIATIONS.217 APPENDIXES.219 VERCES WITH MUSIC IN AMOMOS FOR LAYMEN.219 GENERAL TABLE OF CONCORDANCES.231 VERCES WITH MUSIC IN AMOMOS FOR MONKS.261 TABLE OF CONCORDANCES OF AMOMOS FOR MONKS IN TWO STASEIS.267 BIBLIOGRAPHY.273 INDEX.281