The meaning of Uncial
Uncial – definition
adjectiveOf or written in a majuscule script with rounded unjoined letters which is found in european manuscripts of the 4th–8th centuries and from which modern capital letters are derived.
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Apparently, ‘cursive’ writing replaced ‘uncial’ writing in the 8th century.adjectiveRelating to an inch or an ounce.
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The uncial system was adopted by the greeks of sicily.
nounAn uncial letter or script.
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The codices produced in this period bear display scripts in capitals and uncials executed in double…
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Word origin
mid 17th century: from Latin uncialis, from uncia ‘inch’. uncial (sense 1 of the adjective) is in the late Latin sense of unciales litterae ‘uncial letters’, the original application of which
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