uncial

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

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2011

They are called Uncial characters; and the New Testament was not divided into chapters and verses, even, until the year of grace 1551.

From Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. by Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

Our inductions would in many cases be so fatally narrowed, if we might not look beyond one little handful of Uncial Copies.

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

By consequence, it is popularly supposed that since we are possessed of such Uncial Copies, we could afford to dispense with the testimony of the Cursives altogether.

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