uncial

adj

1. (rare)Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.
2. (not-comparable)Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.

   “This, also written in black letter, we found inscribed on a second parchment that was in the coffer, apparently somewhat older in date than that on which was inscribed the mediæval Latin translation of the uncial Greek of which I shall speak presently.”

noun

1. A style of writing using uncial letters.
2. A letter in this style.
3. A manuscript in this style.