>At 21:29 12/07/99 -0400, Ward Ginn wrote:
>>Dear Niven,
>> I was in process of mailing copies of the castle print to Bradley
>>Sinclair Barker when I discovered that the Clan Sinclair web site uses the
>>spelling "Roslin" for the castle while in Robert Brydon's book it is spelled
>>"Rosslyn." I may be splitting hairs, but I would like to be as accurate as
>>possible.
I've been going by a story I heard that the castle name was originally
spelled Roslin and the Rosslyn spelling was introduced later as a
conscious Gaelification of the name. I have no source to cite on
that, and I'll be happy to be corrected if I'm misremembering.
>>...
>Niven wrote:
>
>Dear Ward,
>
>Thank you for your interesting e-mail.
>
>Firstly, let me deal with the spelling of Rosslyn/Roslin.
>
>The earldom, the castle and the chapel are spelled Rosslyn whilst the
>village is spelt Roslin.
That seems to straighten it out.
>...
>I would be delighted to read your friend's article which he wrote to
>accompany the 17th century print of the Chapel. What
>he saw was captured by Sir Walter Scott in the following verses from "The
>Dirge of Rosabelle":
Which is quoted on the web pages for Rosslyn Chapel and Roslin Castle.
>...
>Here Sir Walter Scott uses the Roslin spelling throughout.
Which reopens the question.
>For those who are not familiar with the story of lovely Rosabelle, it
>should be explained that she lived at Dysart,
I'll add that explanation to the web page.
John S. Quarterman <jsq@mids.org>
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