Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
The name of a family of scripts. Originally an early Greek script with rudimentary ascenders from which a Late Roman script was derived. The name, meaning "inch high" was attributed to St. Jerome who thought such a large script wasted parchment.
An elegantly round form of bookhand used from the 4th to the 8th centuries in Latin and Greek manuscripts.
of or written in majuscule writing with rounded unjoined letters
This is a type of calligraphy, introduced in the 4th century AD. The letters look much like Roman capitals, but with rounded--instead of sharp--angles.
a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals); "uncial letters"
The formal Greek penmanship style used during the time of the early Christian congregation. As against the cursive (or running hand) used for non-literary documents, uncial orthography was used for literary compositions. It consisted of individually formed upper-case letters. The written document had no spacing between words. Most Greek Scripture manuscripts written before the tenth century use uncial letters. (See Minuscule.)
script derived from late Roman form, comprising rounded capitalised letters
Uncial is a majuscule script commonly used from the 3rd to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. From the 8th century to the 13th century the script was more often used as a display script in headings and titles.
