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. Bassus.
A 1638 Paris printed mass for two choirs and four voices by Nicolas Formé, dedicated to the French king Louis XIII and his father Henri IV, issued by Pierre Ballard. The pages show the bass part, with black diamond-headed notes on staves, each opening with a decorated initial letter. A designer could take the historical music-printing layout, the ornate woodcut initials, and the dense rhythm of chant-like lines as a source for vintage typographic structure.
