Rules for compositors and readers at the University Press, Oxford

by Oxford University Press

SPELLINGS OF FIFTEENTH TO SEVENTEENTH CENTURY WRITERS

When it is necessary to reproduce the spellings and printed forms of old writers the following rules should be observed:

Initial u is printed v, as in vnderstande. Also in such combinations as wherevpon.

Medial v is printed u, as in haue, euer.

Initial and medial j are printed i, as in iealousie, iniurie.

In capitals the U is non-existent, and should always be printed with a V, initially and medially, as VNIVERSITY, FAVLCONRIE.

In y^e and y^t the second letter should be a superior, and without a full point.