episema

The "Paléographie Musicale" (IV, pl. 17) has given the name episema to this little addition.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

[2857] There were, as Harvey observes, three extraneous characters introduced into the Greek alphabet for the sake of numeration -- the three episema for 6, 90, and 900 respectively.

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

The clivis with episema to the first note is found on the first syllable of tuam (first sign) and twice towards the end of the neuma on tuum.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

On the second syllable of nobis, after the torculus subpunctis already mentioned, we have a clivis with the episema attached to the second note, the clivis being preceded by two short puncta and followed by a long one.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Find a way to make note of the expressive neumes - the salicus, the episema, and the quilisma.

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