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Typikon
A typikon (or typicon, typica; Τυπικόν , "that of the prescribed form"; Slavonic: Типикон, сиесть Устав - Tipikon or Ustav) is a liturgical book which contains instructions about the order of the Byzantine Rite office and variable hymns of the Divine Liturgy. The ancient and medieval cathedral rite of Constantinople, called the "asmatikē akolouthia" ("sung services"), is not well preserved and the earliest surviving manuscript dates from the middle of the eighth century.