spelling

For the practical use of spelling comes in writing.

[p 88] Because Elizabethan spelling was fluid, editors feel free to ‘modernize’ (correct) the spelling in the quartos and the Folio. But how is one to spell Rosencratz or Guildenstern, where the spelling varies, not only from text to text, but even within texts?

[p 253] *excellent Q2’s ‘extent’ is generally dismissed as an error, probably a mis-reading of ‘exlent’, a common spelling at this time.

[p 269] reverend The spellings ‘reuerent’ (Q2) and ‘Reuerend’ (F) were interchangeable at this time.

[p 466] Guildensterne and Rosincrance are F’s consistent spellings.

The boys were anxious for a spelling in the evening but I said no.

The spelling of a pitch is strongly influenced by its harmonic and melodic context.