I am working on plainchant (Gregorian chant). There is no time signature. I
am showing an incipit with the original Editio Vaticana style do clef
<https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/typesetting-gregorian-chant>
. My code is below.

I am using \remove Time_signature_engraver in the \MensuralStaff context to
remove from the incipit the time signature and its associated horizontal
space. But there is still too much horizontal space between the Gregorian
clef <https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/clef-styles>
and the note (c1) in the incipit.

Screenshot:
[image: image.png]

Compare https://gregobase.selapa.net/sources/3/402.png, a page scan from
the Liber Usualis, which shows the horizontal distance between clef and
note that I want to reproduce.

How can I get this spacing?

All the best,

Gabriel

%%%  CODE BEGINS

\version "2.24.4"

incipitMusic = \relative c {
\sourcefileline 1783
  \override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
  % I disabled the following line of code in favour of \remove
Time_signature_engraver in the \MensuralStaff context
  % \override Staff.TimeSignature.stencil = ##f
  \clef "vaticana-do3"
  \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum
  c1
}

ictus = #(make-articulation 'ictus)

chant = \relative c' {
  \cadenzaOn
  c4 e g\ictus a g2 a4 c\ictus b a g a\ictus g g2 \bar ","
}

verba = \lyricmode {
  Sál -- ve, Re -- gí -- "na, *" má -- ter mi -- se -- ri -- cór -- di --
ae:
}

\score {
  \new Staff \with { \incipit
    \incipitMusic instrumentName = ""
  }
  <<
    \new Voice = "melody" \chant
    \new Lyrics = "one" \lyricsto melody \verba
  >>
  \layout {
    \context {
      \Voice
      \remove Stem_engraver
    }
    \context {
      \Staff
      \remove Time_signature_engraver
    }
    \context {
      \MensuralStaff
      \remove Time_signature_engraver
    }
  }
}

%%% CODE ENDS

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