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Roman uncial script

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forerunner of minuscule

  • Uncial book hand, Livy, 5th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Lat. 5730).
    In majuscule

    …forerunners was a script called uncial—a rounder, more open majuscule form influenced by cursive. Uncial was the most common script used to write books from the 4th to the 8th century ad. Half uncial script was developed during the same period and eventually evolved into an almost entirely minuscule alphabet.…

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