Uncial script
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Uncial is a majuscule script commonly used from the 4th to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. Uncial letters were used to write Greek and Latin, as well as Gothic, and are the current style
The Book of Kells, c. AD 800, is lettered in a script known as "insular majuscule", a variety of uncial script that originated in Ireland.
A sample of the Latin text from the Codex Bezae, 5th century AD
A portion of the Codex Sinaiticus, in Byzantine uncial, containing Esther 2:3–8.
An exemplary early 6th-century semi-uncial, Codex Basilicanus S. Petri D 182
Letter case
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Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals and smaller lowercase in the written representation of certain languages. The writing systems that distingui
Uncial script
…Uncial is a majuscule script (written entirely in capital letters) commonly used from the 4th to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. Uncial letters were used to…
Divided upper and lower type cases with cast metal sorts
Layout for type cases
Handwritten Cyrillic script
Papyrus fragment with old Roman cursive script from the reign of Claudius (41–54 CE)