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I am working on texts from the composer Telemann and have come across an eighteenth-century text about the writer, Fabricius. In a single paragraph both GOttes and GOTTES appear. I take it that both would be translated as 'God's' but do now understand the differences in orthography and the implications for translation. I'd be grateful for help and advice.

Below is an extract from a longer paragraph containing both examples: [GOttes and GOTTES]

Wem ist unbekannt, daß Herr D. Fabricius das beste Mittel ergriffen,
die Menschen auf die Wercke GOttes aufmercksam zu machen, und die
verborgenen Schönheiten derer Geschöpfe in der Absicht zu entdecken,
damit zugleich die Güte, Weisheit, Allmacht und Majestät GOTTES
offenbaret werde?

The quotation is from the meticulously edited book* New Mattheson Studies George J. Buelow and Hans Joachim Marx, Cambridge University Press,(1983, 2006) p. 106.

Source for this quote from 1773

There was a habit of writing the name of god with not one but more capital letters in order to honour him/her/it particularly and distinguish the spelling from how ordinary people are spelled. Therefore GOtt, or, with even more distinction (I suppose here): GOTT.

I have seen this also in English.

There are no implications for translation. It is simply, as you correctly say, God's. (Note the capital letter in English.)

I am grateful for the quick and helpful suggestions and ideas. Below is an extract from a longer paragraph containing both examples: [GOttes and GOTTES]

Wem ist unbekannt, daß Herr D. Fabricius das beste Mittel ergriffen, die Menschen auf die Wercke GOttes aufmercksam zu machen, und die verborgenen Schönheiten derer Geschöpfe in der Absicht zu entdecken, damit zugleich die Güte, Weisheit, Allmacht und Majestät GOTTES offenbaret werde?

My translation:

To whom is it unknown that Herr D. Fabricius took the best means of alerting men to the works of God, and of discovering the hidden beauties of their creatures with the intention of revealing the goodness, wisdom, omnipotence, and majesty of God?

The quotation is from the meticulously edited book* New Mattheson Studies George J. Buelow and Hans Joachim Marx, Cambridge University Press,(1983, 2006) p. 106.

actually the differences in tyesetting can also give a hint on how one is suppose to intonate the different occurences of the word Gottes in the paragraph. the last one shall be emphasized