diff --git a/source/modules/MEI.neumes.xml b/source/modules/MEI.neumes.xml
index 64521c6a2..e12e5cd08 100644
--- a/source/modules/MEI.neumes.xml
+++ b/source/modules/MEI.neumes.xml
@@ -514,4 +514,39 @@
       </rng:zeroOrMore>
     </content>
   </elementSpec>
+  <elementSpec ident="divLine" module="MEI.neumes">
+    <desc>Represents a division (divisio) in neume notation. Divisions indicate short, medium, or long pauses
+    similar to breath marks in modern notation.</desc>
+    <classes>
+      <memberOf key="att.basic"/>
+      <memberOf key="att.classed"/>
+      <memberOf key="att.color" />
+      <memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
+      <memberOf key="att.labelled"/>
+      <memberOf key="att.linking"/>
+      <memberOf key="att.nNumberLike"/>
+      <memberOf key="att.responsibility"/>
+      <memberOf key="att.extSym" />
+      <memberOf key="att.staffLoc" />
+      <memberOf key="att.visibility" />
+      <memberOf key="att.xy" />
+      <memberOf key="att.visualOffset.ho" />
+    </classes>
+    <attList>
+      <attDef ident="form" usage="opt">
+        <desc>Identifies the different kinds of division.</desc>
+        <datatype maxOccurs="unbounded">
+          <rng:data type="NMTOKEN"/>
+        </datatype>
+        <valList type="semi">
+          <valItem ident="caesura"/>
+          <valItem ident="finalis"/>
+          <valItem ident="maior"/>
+          <valItem ident="maxima"/>
+          <valItem ident="minima"/>
+          <valItem ident="virgula"/>
+        </valList>
+      </attDef>
+    </attList>
+  </elementSpec>
 </specGrp>