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Historical note:
Uncials originated in the 2nd century along with the codex form of book. It is speculated that they were canonised in the early 4th century when Constantine was Emperor as the principal liturgical book hand for Christian works, replacing quadrata and rustic capitals used in pagan writings. This became their principal use, throughout the 5th to 8th centuries, for entire texts. The word Uncial has been translated as meaning ‘inch high’, but why the script was so called has never been satisfacorily explained.
