Elizabeth I

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"Italian Motets and Madrigals" ["Henry VIII Part Books"] (circa 1527-28)
Newberry Library (Case MS VM 1578 .M91)
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This music book is one of a set of five originally presented to Henry VIII by the city of Florence in 1527. (Four of the five are now in the collection of the Newberry Library. The fifth is at Oscott College, England.) The book is open to a song praising Henry VIII.

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