LilyPond Internals Reference: 3.1.86 MensuralLigature

### 3.1.86 `MensuralLigature`

A grob to display a ligature as used in mensural notation. See also `KievanLigature`, `VaticanaLigature`, and `LigatureBracket`.

`MensuralLigature` objects are created by: `Mensural_ligature_engraver`.

Standard settings:

`springs-and-rods` (boolean):

  `ly:spanner::set-spacing-rods`

  Dummy variable for triggering spacing routines.

`stencil` (stencil):

  `ly:mensural-ligature::print`

  The symbol to print.

`thickness` (number):

  `1.3`

  For grobs made up of lines, this is the thickness of the line. For slurs and ties, this is the distance between the two arcs of the curve’s outline at its thickest point, not counting the diameter of the virtual “pen” that draws the arcs. This property is expressed as a multiple of the current staff-line thickness (i.e., the visual output is influenced by changes to `Staff.StaffSymbol.thickness`).

This object supports the following interface(s): `font-interface`, `grob-interface`, `mensural-ligature-interface` and `spanner-interface`.

This object is of class Spanner (characterized by `spanner-interface`).

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