Examples of 'uncial' in a sentence

Meaning of "uncial"

uncial (adjective): relating to a style of writing with rounded capital letters used in Greek and Latin manuscripts. Example: The inscription on the ancient tablet was written in uncial script
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  • 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.
  • A style of writing using uncial letters.
  • A letter in this style.

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The uncial letters leaned to the right.
Patristic text is written in small uncial letters.
The uncial letters lean to the right.
The text is written in a round uncial hand.
The earlier uncial text is difficult to read.
The text was written on papyrus in uncial letters.
The uncial letters are upright and rounded.
There is mixture of minuscule and uncial characters.
The old uncial has no intervals between words.
The manuscript is written in large uncial letters.
The uncial letters are large.
They are written in several types of uncial script.
Inspired by uncial script but with an upper and lower case.
The text is written in a small uncial hand.
It is written in an uncial text with the running titles written in rustic capitals.

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The overall impression is still that of an uncial.
It is written in uncial letters.
Uncial letters are all of a big size and are set separately from each other.
The text is written in uncial letters.
The uncial letter of the codex are written in a peculiar form with special attention.
It is written in very large uncial letters.
It is one of a few uncial manuscripts that include the Book of Revelation.
Written in a beautiful round uncial hand.
Uncial Greek manuscripts are designated by capital letters while papyrus manuscripts are designated by numbers.
It has been written in a small uncial hand.
Letters usually retain an uncial form different from the forms used for Greek today.
The text is written in small square uncial script.
It is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament written on vellum.
The text is written in an uncial hand.
Early uncial script is likely to have developed from late Old Roman cursive.
The text is written in a small neat round uncial hand.
It is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament.
The text is written in a small and irregular uncial letters.
Uncial manuscript of the four Gospels Codex Vaticanus gr.
The text is written in a small and irregular uncial hand.
This manuscript shows the same beautiful uncial script found in the Codex Amiatinus.
The text is written in an irregular and sloping uncial hand.
It was the last uncial manuscript classified by Caspar René Gregory.
The text is written in a large upright calligraphic uncial hand.
Uncial Romana is a trademark of BauerTypes SL.
The text was written by an inexperienced writer in uncial script characters.
The uncial style is epitomised by the later biblical Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus.
The cursive writing thus foreshadows the specifically uncial forms.
The uncial letters are small, not beautiful and slanting.
The marginal notes are written in the same small uncial letters.
Over time, uncial letter forms were increasingly mixed into the script.
It was written by a single scribe in a sloping uncial using dark brown ink.
The uncial letters are large, partially are upright, partially are leaned to the right.
The commentary was written in a different kind of uncial script than the biblical text.
The scientific name of Snow Leopard is Panthera uncial.

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