Editing Uncial script (section)

{{Use American English|date = February 2019}}
{{short description|Capital letter-only writing system in Greek and Latin}}
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[[File:KellsFol309r.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.36|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.]]
'''Uncial''' is a [[majuscule]]<ref name=gl>{{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Book |last=Glaister |first=Geoffrey Ashall |date=1996 |publisher=Oak Knoll Press |isbn=1-884718-14-0 |edition=2nd |location=New Castle, DE |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofbo00geof/page/n494 494] |language=en |author-link=Geoffrey Ashall Glaister |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofbo00geof |lccn=96007274 |oclc=48110905 |ol=21630251M |access-date=2025-03-27 |url-access=registration}}</ref> [[script (styles of handwriting)|script]] (written entirely in capital letters) commonly used from the 4th to 8th centuries AD by [[Latin]] and [[Byzantine Empire|Greek]] [[scribe]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language |last=Crystal |first=David |date=1995 |publisher=[[University of Cambridge Press]] |isbn=0-521-40179-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00crys/page/258 258] |author-link=David Crystal |url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00crys/page/258 |oclc=185322552 |access-date=2025-03-27 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Uncial letters were used to write [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]], as well as [[Gothic language|Gothic]], and are the current style for [[Coptic language|Coptic]] and [[Nobiin language|Nobiin]].