An uncial manuscript is one written in uncial script.
All of the oldest Greek manuscripts were written in this way. Uncial script
had no lower case letters, no punctuation, and no spaces between the words.
Try reading the text below to get a feel for what reading an uncial manuscript
is like.
THISISANIMMITATIONOFUNCIALSCRIPTREADINGTHISISMOREDIFFICULTTHANREA
DINGTEXTWITHLOWERCASELETTERSANDSPACESBETWEENTHEWORDSTHELACKO
FPUNCTUATIONALSOMAKESREADINGDIFFICULTBUTITISNOTIMPOSSIBLEIFYOUARE
ANATIVESPEAKEROFENGLISHYOUCANPROBABLYDECIPHERTHISTEXTEASILY
Both Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus are uncial manuscripts. To see
a picture of the first page of Mark's Gospel in Codex Sinaiticus, click here.