单词 | roman uncial |
释义 | > as lemmasRoman uncial Roman uncial adj. and n. [probably after French onciale romaine (noun), écriture onciale romaine (although these are apparently first attested later: both 1765 or earlier)] Palaeography (a) adj. of or relating to an uncial script used in some Latin literary manuscripts of the 4th–8th centuries a.d.; of or relating to a form of this which combines aspects of uncial and cursive scripts (cf. half-uncial adj.); (b) n. script of this sort; (as a count noun) a character belonging to this script. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > semi-uncial Roman uncial1723 1723 J. Henley tr. R. A. de Vertot et al. Miscellanies 102 Two Sepulchres of Stone appear'd..on the Outside of one was inscrib'd in Roman Uncial Letters, intermingled, [etc.]. 1784 T. Astle Origin & Progress Writing v. 102 The Roman-Saxon writing is very similar to the Roman-Uncial. 1849 F. Madden tr. J. J. Champollion & A. Champollion Universal Palæogr. I. 319 The writing is in Roman uncials, but subsequent to the period of its greatest elegance. 1897 H. W. Johnston Lat. MSS. 70 Half-Uncials are derived from the uncials and represent the last efforts of the book hand to differentiate itself from the improved business hand of the time... It is also called the Roman Uncial and Pre-Caroline Minuscule. 1906 E. Johnston Writing & Illuminating i. 38 Roman uncials were fully developed by the fourth century. 2001 S. R. Fischer Hist. Writing (2003) 144 Roman uncial writing came into use as a literary hand around the fourth century ad. < as lemmas |
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