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Uncial
Uncial Un"cial, a. [L. uncialis amounting to the twelfth part of a pound or a foot, from uncia the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot, an ounce, an inch: cf. F. oncial. See Inch a measure.] 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 These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
Uncial
Uncial Un"cial, n. An uncial letter.

Meaning of Uncial from wikipedia

- Uncial is a majuscule script (written entirely in capital letters) commonly used from the 4th to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Gr**** scribes. Uncial letters...
- Insular half-uncial (or "Insular majuscule"), used for important do****ents and sacred text. The full uncial, in a version called "English uncial", was used...
- A New Testament uncial is a section of the New Testament in Gr**** or Latin majuscule letters, written on parchment or vellum. This style of writing is...
- earliest form of m****cript Cyrillic, known as ustav, was based on Gr**** uncial script, augmented by ligatures and by letters from the Glagolitic alphabet...
- cursive styles. The known variants include the early semi-uncial, the uncial, and the later semi-uncial. At the end of the Roman Empire (5th century AD), several...
- The great uncial codices or four great uncials are the only remaining uncial codices that contain (or originally contained) the entire text of the Bible...
- Uncial 0244 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Gr**** uncial m****cript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been ****igned to the fifth century...
- Uncial 0189 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is the oldest parchment m****cript of the New Testament. It consists of a single vellum leaf of a late second...
- Uncial 070 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 6 (Soden), is a Gr****-Coptic diglot uncial m****cript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been...
- Uncial 0304 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Gr**** uncial m****cript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been ****igned to the 9th century...