Livre de melanges de C. le Jeune. Tenor
This is a 1585 tenor partbook of Claude Le Jeune's mixed song collection, printed by Christophe Plantin in Antwerp for singers and musicians. The pages carry staff notation with lyrics set beneath the notes, and several openings begin with decorated initial letters. A designer might draw on the ornamental woodcut initials, whose foliage and figure framing suit display lettering, and on the dense, even rhythm of the printed music.
