Definition of "superius" []

• In medieval music, the highest voice-part in part-writing, corresponding to the modern soprano or treble. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "‘Quod est inferius est sicut quod est superius, et quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius, ad perpetranda miracula rei unius.’"
• "This song, whose melody (in the superius) features in the Chansonnier de Bayeux (a collection probably compiled in Normandy around the years 1490 to 1495) was itself published by Andrea Antico in 1503."
• "His mastery of traditional polyphonic techniques is demonstrated by his five-part Salve regina constructed on the popular melody Adieu mes amours, and his large-scale cantus firmus setting of the superius of Ockeghem's Fors seulement, as well as his canonic motets Ista est speciosa and Per lignum crucis."