Uncial in a sentence

In some, the uncial or half-uncial forms were preserved with little or no modification, but the influence of the cursive is shown by the freedom of the strokes; these are known as rustic, semi-cursive or cursive uncial or half-uncial hands.

The Semi-uncial generated the Irish Semi-uncial, the small Anglo-Saxon.

This led to compromises of all softs and of infinite variety between the uncial and half-uncial and the cursive.

Uncial was still a (“capital”) script, as the letters were all the same size and had only one form.

After examination he realized that they were part of the Septuagint, written in an early Greek uncial script.

Along with Latin minuscule writing in general, it developed ultimately from Roman cursive via the uncial script of Late Antiquity into the Carolingian minuscule of the 9th century.

As writing withdrew to monasteries, uncial script was found more suitable for copying the Bible and other religious texts.

But only certain letters were affected by this development, in particular E (uncial ε), Σ (c), Ω (ω), and to a lesser extent A (α).

It is the only uncial manuscript with the complete text of the New Testament, and the only ancient manuscript of the New Testament written in four columns per page which has survived to the present day.

It was certainly in existence by the latter part of the 4th century, for a number of manuscripts of that date are written in perfect uncial hands (Exempla, pl. XX).

Johnston initially taught his students an uncial hand using a flat pen angle, but later taught his hand using a slanted pen angle.

The codex has almost 4,000,000 uncial letters.

The cursive writing thus foreshadows the specifically uncial forms.

The earliest uncial writing is easily distinguished by its simple and monumental character from the later hands, which become progressively stiff and affected.

The lunate or uncial epsilon has also provided inspiration for the euro sign (€).

There are two well established classes of Irish writing as early as the 7th century: a large round half-uncial hand, in which certain majuscule forms frequently appear, and a pointed hand, which becomes more cursive and more genuinely minuscule.

The single forms have a general resemblance (with considerable differences in detail) both to the minuscule cursive of late papyri, and to those used in modern Greek type; uncial forms were avoided.

This was the standard form of writing, so far as books are concerned, until the 5th century, when it was replaced by a new type, the uncial, which is discussed below.

Tombstone Thomas the Apostle on inclusion can be read, in Greek characters uncial, the expression 'osios thomas, that St. Thomas.

Uncial hand seeAlso render The prevailing type of book-hand during what in papyrology is called the Byzantine period, that is, roughly from AD 300 to 650, is known as the biblical hand.