Uncial example sentences

Related (9): manuscript, calligraphy, script, alphabet, letterform, Irish, medieval, bookmaking, parchment

un·ci·al

adjective

uncial (adjective)

  - of 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.

  - relating to an inch or an ounce.

  - an uncial letter or script.

  - a manuscript in uncial script.

Synonyms

block, majuscule, cap

"Uncial" Example Sentences


1. The manuscript was written in majuscule uncial letters.
2. The document was written in an informal uncial hand.
3. The ancient text was inscribed using a metallic stylus on fine vellum in beautiful uncial script.
4. The letters looked like graceful strokes of a fine nib forming perfect uncial shapes.
5. The oldest surviving fragments of the New Testament are written in uncial letters on papyrus.
6. The early Christian codices used large rounded uncial letters.
7. The gospel was probably written originally in uncial letters on papyrus rolls.
8. Codices produced in the fourth and fifth centuries were typically written in uncial script.
9. The original manuscripts of many ancient Greek and Roman texts were penned in uncial style writing.
10. The text was written neatly in brown ink using an angular uncial hand.

Common Phases


1. in uncial letters
2. in uncial script
3. written in uncial
4. penned in uncial style
5. uncial handwriting
6. uncial hand
7. uncial characters
8. uncial alphabet
9.uncial forms
10. rounded uncial letters
11.angular uncial letters
12. neat uncial writing
13. Calligraphic uncial
14.formal uncial
15.majuscule uncial

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