#### 3.15.4 Ancient clefs

LilyPond supports a variety of clefs, many of them ancient.

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.

Glyph Name | Description | Supported Clefs | Example

`clefs-neo_mensural_c`

modern style mensural C clef

`neo_mensural_c1`, `neo_mensural_c2`, `neo_mensural_c3`, `neo_mensural_c4`

`clefs-petrucci_c1` `clefs-petrucci_c2` `clefs-petrucci_c3` `clefs-petrucci_c4` `clefs-petrucci_c5`

petrucci style mensural C clefs, for use on different staff lines (the examples shows the 2nd staff line C clef).

`petrucci_c1` `petrucci_c2` `petrucci_c3` `petrucci_c4` `petrucci_c5`

`clefs-petrucci_f`

petrucci style mensural F clef

`petrucci_f`

`clefs-petrucci_g`

petrucci style mensural G clef

`petrucci_g`

`clefs-mensural_c`

historic style mensural C clef

`mensural_c1`, `mensural_c2`, `mensural_c3`, `mensural_c4`

`clefs-mensural_f`

historic style mensural F clef

`mensural_f`

`clefs-mensural_g`

historic style mensural G clef

`mensural_g`

`clefs-vaticana_do`

Editio Vaticana style do clef

`vaticana_do1`, `vaticana_do2`, `vaticana_do3`

`clefs-vaticana_fa`

Editio Vaticana style fa clef

`vaticana_fa1`, `vaticana_fa2`

`clefs-medicaea_do`

Editio Medicaea style do clef

`medicaea_do1`, `medicaea_do2`, `medicaea_do3`

`clefs-medicaea_fa`

Editio Medicaea style fa clef

`medicaea_fa1`, `medicaea_fa2`

`clefs-hufnagel_do`

historic style hufnagel do clef

`hufnagel_do1`, `hufnagel_do2`, `hufnagel_do3`

`clefs-hufnagel_fa`

historic style hufnagel fa clef

`hufnagel_fa1`, `hufnagel_fa2`

`clefs-hufnagel_do_fa`

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)”.

Editio XXX style means “as is/was printed in Editio XXX”.

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

##### See also

In this manual: see Clef.

##### Bugs

The mensural g clef is mapped to the Petrucci g clef, until a new mensural g clef is implemented.

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