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Was a 13-line (6 over 7) staff system ever in wide use?

On the Wikipedia article for Passacaglia, there is an excerpt of a piece by 17th-century composer Bernardo Storace. It has a 6-line staff with both G and C clefs above a 7 line staff with both C and F clefs.

It seems obvious how to read this, but I had never encountered it before. Was it something that saw frequent use in the era?

Storace Passagagli

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