uncial

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Some styles — Roman, Uncial, Carolingian, Gothic — date to the Middle Ages and earlier.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2011

Uncial, un′shal, adj. applied to that variety of majuscule writing, with large round characters, used in ancient MSS.—n. an uncial letter, uncial writing: a MS. written in uncials.—v.t.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

For the plain truth is that all the phenomena exhibited by the Uncial MSS. are reproduced by the Cursive Copies.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

Manuscript copies are commonly divided into Uncial, i.e. those which are written in capital letters, and Cursive or “minuscule,” i.e. those which are written in “running” or small hand.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

Mr. Crane is especially fond of an Uncial pen form, which he varies with masterful freedom.

From Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples by Brown, Frank Chouteau