UncialDescriptions of scripts are from Michelle Brown's A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600 London, The British Library: 1990 The term 'Uncial', referring to letters ideally an inch high is ascribed, probably apocryphally, to St Jerome, whose references to the script and its 'luxury' status are, in fact, somewhat disparaging.
Distinctive Uncial letter forms include the following: A with its thorn-like bow;
round d; e with its closed bow; Capital G; h; L with a
slight wedge to its foot; m; Capital N; q; Capital R; round s.
Many of these letter-forms are rounded versions of Capitals, others, such as d, h
and q have assumed new forms, probably under the influence of Literary Cursive. Some
forms, such as A and e, are new developments.
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