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Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

Home › Glossary › Letter P

pyx

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A container in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept; also a box at a mint for specimen coins to be tested.

Detailed Definition
"Pyx" derives from Latin "pyxis," from Greek "pyxis" (box), referring primarily to the container holding consecrated Eucharistic bread in Christian worship, and secondarily to the box at royal mints containing sample coins for testing purity. Religious poetry employed it when depicting Mass, tabernacles, or sacred vessels where specific liturgical vocabulary mattered. The term's sacramental associations gave it religious weight—the pyx contained Christ's body, making it holy. Its technical precision distinguished it from generic "box" or "container," marking specifically sacred function. Poets addressing religious themes used such specific vocabulary to demonstrate theological knowledge and create authentic devotional atmosphere. The mint usage, while less common in poetry, reflected how technical terminology enriched language. The word exemplifies how specialized religious and technical vocabulary entered literary language, offering precise terms that carried additional cultural and symbolic weight beyond their practical denotations.
Example
Example in poetry:
The priest carried the consecrated host in a pyx; "The golden pyx contained the sacred wafer"; A pyx is a container for the Eucharist; Medieval pyxes were crafted from precious metals; The pyx was kept in the church tabernacle; Priests brought the pyx to the sick
Additional Notes
Pyx appears primarily in religious contexts (container for Eucharistic bread) and technical monetary contexts (box for testing coin specimens). The dual usage shows how specialized terms operate in distinct spheres. The religious usage carries sacred associations; the monetary usage is purely technical. Related to "box" etymologically (Greek "pyxis"). Essential for analyzing religious object vocabulary, technical terminology in literature, and how specialized words function. The term's religious associations make it useful for discussing sacred objects, transubstantiation, and Catholic ritual. Useful for examining how literature incorporates technical or specialized vocabulary, whether for accuracy or atmospheric effect, and how single terms operate in multiple specialized contexts with different connotations.
Also Known As
tabernacle altar box sacramental vessel container
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