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Uncial
Uncial Un"cial, a. [L. uncialis amounting to the twelfth part of a pound or a foot, from uncia the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot, an ounce, an inch: cf. F. oncial. See Inch a measure.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
Uncial
Uncial Un"cial, n. An uncial letter.

Meaning of Uncials from wikipedia

- noteworthy Gr**** uncials are: Codex Sinaiticus Codex Vatic**** Codex Alexandrinus – these being three of what are often called the four great uncial codices Codex...
- The great uncial codices or four great uncials are the only remaining uncial codices that contain (or originally contained) the entire text of the Bible...
- vellum. This style of writing is called Biblical Uncial or Biblical Majuscule. New Testament uncials are distinct from other ancient texts based on the...
- (Gr. 1126 VII, fol. 160) in Paris. Bible portal List of New Testament uncials Biblical m****cripts Textual criticism K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K...
- the same library in Saint Petersburg. Bible portal List of New Testament uncials Textual criticism Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften...
- The text of 073 was collated by Rendel Harris. List of New Testament uncials Related Bible parts: Matthew 14, Matthew 15 Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara...
- supported by other scholars, and in result Uncial 0153 was deleted from the list of the New Testament uncials, and remained empty place in the list. Earthen...
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Suppl. Gr. 1155, II). List of New Testament uncials Textual criticism Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New...
- at the Cambridge University Library (Or. 1700). List of New Testament uncials Biblical m****cript Textual criticism Bible portal "Liste Handschriften"...
- allocated numbers to m****cripts, it was not known with certainty that uncials 064, 074 and 090 were from the one m****cript, because they are held in...