Definition of "semi-uncial" []

• In paleography, intermediate between uncial and minuscule: noting a method of writing Latin and Greek characters found in the sixth or seventh and succeeding centuries.
• One of the characters exhibiting the transition from uncial to minuscule writing. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "—‘A vile greasy scrawl, indeed—and the letters are uncial or semi-uncial, as somebody calls your large text hand, and in size and perpendicularity resemble the ribs of a roasted pig—I can hardly make it out."
• "The writing of this period is uncial or semi-uncial."
• "Among its chief characteristics are: A sometimes open 11403a36. gif, sometimes closed, and derived from the uncial 11403a37. gif; the ascenders of the b, d, l, and h broadened at the top 11403a38. gif; the g retains its semi-uncial form 11403a39. gif; the i no longer goes above the line."