A musical manuscript on the floor shows a large "V".

The third source was musical manuscripts of court music from less ancient times.

His house was destroyed, along with several musical manuscripts.

What are musical manuscripts, after all, if not drawings by creative men and women who worked with pen or pencil in hand?

His musical manuscripts are located in various places across the world.

It was the highest price ever paid for an American musical manuscript.

But musical manuscripts can also speak to all of us.

The sale set a record for a musical manuscript sold at auction.

"I think it is probably the greatest musical manuscript ever offered at auction," he said.

And there are musical manuscripts, at random and all over the place.