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Miracles lately vvrovght: the use of “vv” for “w” in 17th-century titles
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Miracles lately vvrovght: the use of “vv” for “w” in 17th-century titles

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Goran Proot

In earlier posts I surveyed the use of “v” for “u” in titles and imprints of books printed in the Southern Netherlands. In both cases, this habit clearly faded out in the course of the seventeenth century. These findings, in…