Meanings of uncial in inglês

We have scarcely any uncial manuscripts later than the tenth century.

Among them is an old leaf of the Greek Septuagint, written in uncial or capital letters.

The first in uncial Greek was by Tisisthenes, the son to whom the writing was addressed.

Around the margin is a legend in old Latin uncial letters, Jesus Christ the judge of equity.

The celebrated Vatican codex in the papal library, the oldest uncial or Biblical manuscript in existence, does not contain Revelation.

A greater facility in writing, due to the gradual reduction in size of the uncial (inch) letters was thereby attained.

It was, perhaps, invented, and certainly became fashionable on this account, straight strokes being more easily cut in stone than rounded or uncial characters.

The most ancient uncial ink writing extant, belongs to the fourth century, whilst the earliest mixed uncial and miniscule writing pertains to the sixth century.

These characters are all uncials, gilded over with gold, and appear to be formed in very elegant manner.

The letters are uncials (or capitals) without break, their form proving that the book was written in Egypt.

No printing-press, but the hand of some half-crazed monk, had traced these ominous Latin phrases in uncials of awesome antiquity.

However this may be, from the sixth to the eighth, or even 10th century, these uncials or partly rounded capitals prevail.

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

"You ought to have that speech engraved in uncial characters on a slab of stone," said I.

This manner, when definitely formed, became what is now termed the minuscule manner; it began to prevail over uncials in a certain class of MSS.

2-4 only), and Δ from v. 21 to 41, which has recently reinforced our somewhat scanty uncial authorities.