Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #836 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mineruaminerva

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 100 times in 56 works
Consistency: 98.0% (100 of 102)
Reach if approved: ~107 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: minerva
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 102 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (100 changes in 56 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 100)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of our posteritie? Or elles do we desier, that lyke as the Poetes feyne MineruaMinerva to be borne out of Iuppiters head: in lyke sorte there should children leape …
With rule
… of our posteritie? Or elles do we desier, that lyke as the Poetes feyne MineruaMinerva to be borne out of Iuppiters head: in lyke sorte there should children leape …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… The ſelfe ſame Plinius in the .xxvi. chapter wytneſſeth, that in y^e temple of MineruaMinerva, was a table hanged vp, brefly cōtaynyng the actes of Gneus Pompeius the greate …
With rule
… The ſelfe ſame Plinius in the .xxvi. chapter wytneſſeth, that in y^e temple of MineruaMinerva, was a table hanged vp, brefly cōtaynyng the actes of Gneus Pompeius the greate …
Henrich Bullinger · Commentary on 2 Thessalonians · Open in the reader
Printed
… Luke, her Purſe to Sythe, and her Pigges to Anthony. Finally, they allotted to MineruaMinerva the head, to Iuno the heart, to Mars the breaſt, to Iupiter the ſpirit …
With rule
… Luke, her Purſe to Sythe, and her Pigges to Anthony. Finally, they allotted to MineruaMinerva the head, to Iuno the heart, to Mars the breaſt, to Iupiter the ſpirit …
Robert Cleaver · Four Sermons · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
INgenio pollet, paciſque MineruaMinerva refulget
With rule
INgenio pollet, paciſque MineruaMinerva refulget
Patrick Forbes · Commentary Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… his harlot to be worshipped of his disciples, euen as the Images of Iupiter, MineruaMinerva, &c. were among the Gentiles. Epiphani… lib. 1. Tom. 2. praefat. and Augu. Haer. 1. Secondly Carp …
With rule
… his harlot to be worshipped of his disciples, euen as the Images of Iupiter, MineruaMinerva, &c. were among the Gentiles. Epiphani… lib. 1. Tom. 2. praefat. and Augu. Haer. 1. Secondly Carp …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 669 · Open in the reader
Printed
To MineruaMinerva, or to Melpominee
With rule
To MineruaMinerva, or to Melpominee
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
… Snares, to endanger them. Saint Augustine, inhibites Christian women, so much as to name MineruaMinerva, or any such vnluckie persons, in their Spinning, Dying, or any other worke. Saint …
With rule
… Snares, to endanger them. Saint Augustine, inhibites Christian women, so much as to name MineruaMinerva, or any such vnluckie persons, in their Spinning, Dying, or any other worke. Saint …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in themſelues, for that they were conſecrated vnto certaine Gods. Athenes was commended of MineruaMinerva. Dolos the …land, of Apollo and Diana. Cicero againſt Ʋerres, praiſeth al Sicilia, but …
With rule
… in themſelues, for that they were conſecrated vnto certaine Gods. Athenes was commended of MineruaMinerva. Dolos the …land, of Apollo and Diana. Cicero againſt Ʋerres, praiſeth al Sicilia, but …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.