neuma

1 neuma [ML as sb. f. and n. < νεῦμα] 1 tone, (sounding) note, musical sound. et laudes Deo quasi cum melodia resonaret, dulces faciens modulos, et pneumata multa laudando supernaliter componens Rolle IA 151; et infuso in se sono divinitus, quasi cum quadam pneuma canens, preces modulatur Ib. 208; in qua jubilo coram Jhesum et pneumata resono suavissimi concertus Ib. 233. 2 a passage of wordless chant; b melisma added to the last vowel of an antiphon; c melisma or jubilus vocalized to a vowel at the end of an alleluia, responsory, or gradual; d vocalized melismatic repeat of a verse of a sequence after performance of that verse with text. a accidunt autem antiphone intonacio, differencia, et ~a. ‥ ~a est pars cantilene Odington 102—3.  b in his festis subjungitur pneuma vel jubilus in fini principalium antiphonarum (Ord. Gilb.) HBS LIX 8; ~a in feminino genere est jubilus sicut in fine antiphonarum Beleth RDO 38. 46; 1276 suspense sunt Laudes de Omnibus Sanctis, et pneume in fine antiphonarum Gerv. Cant. GR cont. 284; pollens excellencia literarum, cum dulci modulacione ~arum. ‥ composita quattuor antiphonarum cantilena NLA II 619; s1426 non prius presumat precentor tonare psalmum, nisi quatenus vocis indisposicio aut sciencie imbecillitas intravenerit, quam antiphonista plenum ~a, vel tonum saltem perfectum, cantaverit Amund. I 213.  c dicebatur ~a cantus qui sequebatur post alleluja Beleth RDO 121. 126; gaudia neuma notat nulla manifesta loquela Garl. Myst. Eccl. 206.  d ad omnes neupmas et ad omnes versiculos ‥ fratres se vertent versus sanctuarium Obs. Barnwell 88. 3 song, melody, tune: a (of human); b (of bird). a auscultantur ‥ non Dei laudes canora Christi tironum voce suaviter modulante ~aque ecclesiasticae melodiae Gildas EB 34; homo quidem religiosorum morum ‥ cum dulci modulatione ~arum Herm. Arch. 70; neumata spirituum retinendo melosque supernos / sepe suos docuit Nig. Mir. BVM 411; in neumatibus Neckam Eccles. III 6; pneuma CathA (v. hemus); tu thema laudatoris, / neuma [v. l. neupma] concinnatoris J. Howd. Viola 132; Anglica pneuma datur, organa clara sonant Elmh. Metr. Hen. V 626; ~a,-tis, neut. tercie ‥ vel ~a, -e, fem. prime ‥ et est differencia inter neupma scriptum cum p, que est cantus, et neuma, -tis, sine p, quod est Spiritus Sanctus secundum quosdam PP.  b concludens hosti mox infert ergo canorum / Martem, concludit pneumate preco sui [galli] Neckam DS II 834.

2 neuma v. 2 pneuma