Ancient clefs - GNU LilyPond

The following table shows all ancient clefs that are supported via the \clef command. Some of the clefs use the same glyph, but differ only with respect to the line they are printed on. In such cases, a trailing number in the name is used to enumerate these clefs. Still, you can manually force a clef glyph to be typeset on an arbitrary line, as described in Clef. The note printed to the right side of each clef in the example column denotes the c' with respect to that clef.

Description	Supported Clefs	Example
modern style mensural C clef	`neomensural-c1`, `neomensural-c2`, `neomensural-c3`, `neomensural-c4`
petrucci style mensural C clefs, for use on different staff lines (the examples show the 2nd staff line C clef)	`petrucci-c1`, `petrucci-c2`, `petrucci-c3`, `petrucci-c4`, `petrucci-c5`
petrucci style mensural F clef	`petrucci-f`
petrucci style mensural G clef	`petrucci-g`
historic style mensural C clef	`mensural-c1`, `mensural-c2`, `mensural-c3`, `mensural-c4`
historic style mensural F clef	`mensural-f`
historic style mensural G clef	`mensural-g`
Editio Vaticana style do clef	`vaticana-do1`, `vaticana-do2`, `vaticana-do3`
Editio Vaticana style fa clef	`vaticana-fa1`, `vaticana-fa2`
Editio Medicaea style do clef	`medicaea-do1`, `medicaea-do2`, `medicaea-do3`
Editio Medicaea style fa clef	`medicaea-fa1`, `medicaea-fa2`
historic style hufnagel do clef	`hufnagel-do1`, `hufnagel-do2`, `hufnagel-do3`
historic style hufnagel fa clef	`hufnagel-fa1`, `hufnagel-fa2`
historic style hufnagel combined do/fa clef	`hufnagel-do-fa`

Modern style means “as is typeset in contemporary editions of transcribed mensural music”.

Petrucci style means “inspired by printings published by the famous engraver Petrucci (1466-1539)”.

Historic style means “as was typeset or written in historic editions (other than those of Petrucci)”.

Petrucci used C clefs with differently balanced left-side vertical beams, depending on which staff line it is printed.

7.7.4 Ancient clefs

See also

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