1) Old greek handwriting style 2) Rounded style of writing 3) Script
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of, like or pertaining to an inch or an ounce
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• (n.) An uncial letter. • (a.) 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 us...
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in calligraphy, ancient majuscular book hand characterized by simple, rounded strokes. It apparently originated in the 2nd century when the codex ... [8 related articles]
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Uncial is an ancient style of writing in capital letters. Derived from an expression of St Jerome's, the term uncial denotes the rounder and less regular characters resulting from the adaptation of stone-incised capitals to vellum writing. Uncial writing has the large rounded unjoined forms characteristic of Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th t...
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[
adj] - relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals) 2. [n] - a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters
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adjective relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals); `uncial letters`
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designating, written in, or pertaining to a form of majuscule writing having a curved or rounded shape and used chiefly in Greek and Latin manuscripts from about the 3rd to the 9th centurya.d.
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