half-uncial

"Nevertheless, in the ninth century, Danila, the scribe of the three-columned bible of La Cava, mastered capitalis, uncial, half-uncial, a slanting half-uncial with uncial admixture, and minuscule, all with equal elegance." (p. 99)

December Books 11) Latin Palaeography cavalorn 2007

In these Manuscripts are found the various kinds of ancient writing: the epigraphic capital, the rustic capital, the uncial, the half-uncial, and the minuscule.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

The Manuscripts of St. Martin of Tours show a partiality for a beautiful half-uncial, but the most important reform was the creation of the minuscule, which became, except for titles, initials, and the first lines of chapters, the writing used in the greater number of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Irish round hand is closely akin to the half-uncial character of fifth and sixth century Latin writings found on the Continent.

Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911

This new writing was in two forms -- round and pointed -- but both were derived from the Roman half-uncial style.

Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911

It comprises specimens of the uncial hand, the half-uncial, the Merovingian minuscule of the Luxeuil type, the script of the famous school of Tours, the St. Gall type, the Irish and

A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York Edward Kennard Rand 1908

XXXII) has shown that the half-uncial and the cursive uncial, employed in the sixth and seventh centuries for the annotation of Manuscripts, may be traced as elements in the Carlovingian minuscule.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913