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. Secundus chorus. Superius.
A 1638 Parisian printed mass for two choirs and four voices by Nicolas Formé, a royal music master, dedicated to the memory of Henri IV and the reigning Louis XIII. The pages are engraved choral parts with ornamented initial letters and staff notation, with Latin text set beneath the notes. Designers may take from them the decorative woodcut-style historiated initials and the dense, rhythmic staff layouts of early baroque sacred print.
