uncial
IPA: ʌnʃʌɫ
noun
- A style of writing using uncial letters.
- A letter in this style.
- A manuscript in this style.
adjective
- (rare) Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.
- Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.
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Examples of "uncial" in Sentences
- It is written in an uncial script.
- It is written in a semi uncial hand.
- The uncial letters leaned into right.
- The uncial letters leaned to the right.
- The uncials are leaning a little to the left.
- The text was written on vellum in uncial letters.
- The writing of this period is uncial or semi uncial.
- Like uncial, half uncial derived from Roman cursive.
- There is mixture of minuscule and uncial characters.
- I'm particularly in love with the uncial font, for some reason.
- A variety of fonts tagged uncial but which are not necessarily uncial
- Uncial is a calligraphical minuscule script forced into a majuscule format.
- The uncial is the chief script of parchment Manuscripts from the fourth to the ninth century.
- The oldest are written on beautiful parchment, in what are called uncial, or capital letters.
- Although not Scottish in origin, uncial letterforms became the basis for early medieval writing styles throughout the British Isles.
- All the oldest manuscripts are written in uncial, that is, capital letters, the "cursive," or small letters, being of more recent date.
- This ornament is still seen in the older saloons of Damascus: the inscriptions are usually religious sentences, extracts from the Koran, etc., in uncial characters.
- "Nevertheless, in the ninth century, Danila, the scribe of the three-columned bible of La Cava, mastered capitalis, uncial, half-uncial, a slanting half-uncial with uncial admixture, and minuscule, all with equal elegance." (p. 99)
- I am sorry I have not room (the frank being only uncial) for his further observations, tending to show the apprehensions entertained by many well-instructed persons of the period, that the young king might himself be induced to become one of the
- bible study and theological reflection are far too important to be left to the yokels who pick out a text and tell you what it means, with no sense of context, audience, history, continuity, etc., etc have you ever seen a real TEXT of the NT, in "uncial"?
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