Minuscules

Word MINUSCULES
Character 10
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Minuscules"

What do we mean by minuscules?

A lowercase letter.

Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.

A letter in these styles.

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The word "minuscules" in example sentences

Your college work comes first—but I cant help wondering how, if time is reduced to such minuscules, you would ever have thought of trying out for a play. ❋ F. SCOTT FITZGERALD (1994)

In these examples it will be noted that the minuscules seem to be more easily transformed into capitals than do the capitals into minuscules; only a few of the latter appearing to lend themselves harmoniously to the small letter guise. ❋ Frank Chouteau Brown (N/A)

The letters shown in 182 are fairly typical of the characteristic Blackletter minuscules of Italy. ❋ Frank Chouteau Brown (N/A)

Written in regular Italian minuscules of the 15th century, formed on the models of the 11th and 12th centuries. ❋ Addison Van Name (N/A)

And there are a few additions in minuscules by a still later hand. ❋ Cassius Dio (N/A)

The ascenders and descenders may be drawn so short as hardly to transcend the guide lines of the minuscules, or may grow into [136] flourishes up and down, to the right or to the left, to fill awkward blanks. ❋ Frank Chouteau Brown (N/A)

Written in very regular, bold Italian minuscules of the period of the ❋ Addison Van Name (N/A)

In editing his Alcalá Polyglot, Cardinal Ximenes used minuscules 108 and 248 of the Vatican. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Roman numerals were nearly always written in minuscules. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Many of these minuscules have never been fully studies. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Greek manuscripts are divided into two classes according to their style of writing -- uncials and minuscules. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Vaticanus (B), Codex Sinaiticus (aleph), and Codex Bez (D), in the original text of the palimpsest of St. Ephraem (C), in the Syrian translation of Cureton, as well as in the Coptic and Sahidic translations, in some minuscules, in three manuscripts of the Itala, in four of the Vulgate, and in some Armenian manuscripts. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Among the Pauline minuscules, this same text (i.e. that of H3) is found in 81, 83, 93, ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

New Testament minuscules better and help to localize them. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

While uncials held sway in Biblical manuscripts, minuscules were employed in other works. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Acts. The nomenclature is less clear for minuscules. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Palæography divides the Greek into uncials and minuscules; the Latin into uncials, semi-uncials, capitals, minuscules and cursives. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The commonly received numeration of the New Testament manuscripts is that of Wettstein; uncials are designated by Roman and Greek capital, minuscules by Arabic numbers. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Only those minuscules interest the text-critic which are distinctive of or akin to one of the great uncials. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

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