minuscule

the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries

lowercase

“e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters”

extremely small

“a minuscule kitchen”

a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts