uncials

Strangely enough, an inscription in Greek uncials of the eighth century is found on one of the boards, the inscription having nothing to do with the Crib but being apparently concerned with some commercial transaction.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

The two arcs of {O} are shaded not in the middle, as in Greek uncials, but in the lower left and upper right parts of the letter, so that the space enclosed by the two arcs resembles an ellipse leaning to the left at an angle of about 45°, thus {O}.

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

They have only recently been deciphered; they are in Latin uncials of the fifth century.

The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17. 1899

The uncials are the oldest, as they are the fewest; there are only one hundred and twenty-seven of them in all; while of the cursives there are about fifteen hundred.

Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Washington Gladden 1877

It is said that this class of letters was first called uncials from being made an inch (_uncia_) high, but this is mere tradition; the word is first used on Jerome's preface to the Book of

Illuminated Manuscripts John William Bradley 1873

The number of these old manuscripts is large, and the first general division of them is into "uncials" or "cursives," as they are called; the uncial manuscripts being written in capital letters, the cursives in small letters more or less connected, as in our written hand.

Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Washington Gladden 1877

Trying to celebrate both a knitting technique and the beauty of uncials in manuscript, printed & electronic form, I charted out an obvious message using some key Fair Isle techniques.

Archive 2008-03-01 Unionpearl 2008

Trying to celebrate both a knitting technique and the beauty of uncials in manuscript, printed & electronic form, I charted out an obvious message using some key Fair Isle techniques.

A to Z: F is for Fair Isle Unionpearl 2008

He winced at the memory of the childish writing — the chunky downstrokes, the blocky uncials.

Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005

In any case, regardless of whether one uses DVD or dvd, the statement that all initialisms are presented in uncials (i.e., in uppercase) is a misapprehension (e.g., aka, which appears in lowercase and without punctuation).

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