The trombone as portrayed in Portuguese iconography during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries RUI PEDRO DE OLIVEIRA ALVES The Scottish Journal of Performance Volume 2, Issue 1; December 2014 ISSN: 2054-1953 (Print ! ISSN: 2054-19"1 (Online Publication %et$ils: htt':!!((()scottishjournalo+'er+orm$nce)or, To cite this article: %e Oli-eir$ .l-es, /)P), 2014. 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