uncial
/ˈʌnʃiəl/
adjective
- Relating to a style of writing with large, rounded, separated letters used in ancient manuscripts from around the 4th to 8th centuries.
- The museum displayed a page from an uncial Bible.
- The monk carefully copied the text in uncial script.
- Uncial letters are easier to read than some later medieval handwriting.
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noun
- A letter written in the uncial style, or a manuscript written in that script.
- Each uncial was carefully formed with a broad pen.
- The scholar studied the uncials in the ancient codex.
- The library holds several uncials from the early Christian era.