uncial


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a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters

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monopus (Hollowday, 2002) mainly outlines two characteristics: broad uncial plates with five strong teeth, the first three teeth being separated by a cleft from the other two (Hollowday, 2002), which only partly coincides with the results of the present study.
Possible, there is also irradiation of impulses from vagal afferent fibres to other brainstem and medullary uncial that influence the vagal output to heart and other autonomic activity.
Coarelli no acepta la vinculacion de la reduccion sextantal con la I Guerra Punica ni de la uncial con 217 a.
Results indicated that 5 mammals were captured with the following relative abundance index (RAI) ranking: red fox (Vulpes vulpes), cape hare (Lepus capensis), Himalayan ibex (Capra ibex sibirica), snow leopard (Uncia uncial) and Mustelidae species.
" Rebel cheese rollers staged their own uncial event after health and safety fears caused the ocial competition to be cancelled in 2010.
Graham Dalton, chief executive of the Highways Agency, said rising numbers of cars meant there was a danger of trac getting 'slower and slower.' .' Despite a 70mph speed limit, he admitted some congested routes have an uncial target of only 40mph, meaning they are usually free owing, albeit slowly.
The St Cuthbert Gospel is a "pocket" book containing the Gospel of St John, written in the fine Uncial script perfected at the twin monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow and only a handful of other English scriptoria.
I didn't know what it meant." Perhaps this early memory fuelled Krasner's 1960s paintings like Kufic and Uncial, whose titles refer to kinds of script.
Uncial beach (UCB) Marine Receives direct run brackish off water from the water municipality and waste from the University complex 4.
The text provides advanced art students and experienced amateurs with an introduction to the art of calligraphy, including the history of writing techniques; calligraphic tools and materials; techniques and practice activities; stroke-by-stroke guides to various scripts of the Latin alphabet including Roman uncial, Irish half uncial, Carolingian, Gothic, and Gothic Fraktur; and step-by-step exercises demonstrating the use of calligraphy in a diverse range of projects.