Musical Neume: Clivis

The image features a solitary, hand-drawn musical neume centered against a stark white background. The glyph curves upward at the left and drops down to the right, forming the characteristic shape of a clivis, which denotes a descending two-note melodic interval in medieval musical notation. The lines appear coarse and slightly blurred at the edges, suggesting a brush or quill stroke on a textured surface.

This neume is a fundamental unit of Gregorian chant notation, representing the transition of medieval music from oral tradition to written, prescriptive notation.