Aeternae Henrici magni, gallorum, navarrorumque Regis potentissimi, ac Clementissimi memoriae. Et Ludovici justi : eius filii. Gallorum, navarrorumque Regis christianissimi, atque inuictissimi. Nicolaus Formé, regiae musicae praefectus. Missam hanc duobus choris ac quatuor voc. compositam, vovet et consecrat. Primus chorus. Tenor.
A 1638 Paris printed part-book of a two-choir Latin mass by Nicolas Formé, published by Pierre Ballard and dedicated to the memory of King Henri IV and the reign of Louis XIII. The pages show ornate woodcut initial letters beside black-note staves with square and diamond noteheads, lyrics set between the lines. A designer could take the decorative capitals, with their foliage, figures and scrollwork, as models for display type and borders.
