rubrication

rubrication
A form of calligraphy, in medieval manuscripts, in which added text was coloured in red
See Also: rubricate

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  • Rubrication — was one of several steps in the medieval process of manuscript making. Practitioners of rubrication, so called rubricators , were specialized scribes who received text from the manuscript s original scribe and supplemented it with additional text …   Wikipedia

  • rubrication — See rubricate. * * * In calligraphy and typography, the use of handwriting or type of a different colour on a page, derived from the practice of setting off liturgical directions, headings of statutes, and the like in red. Specifically, it… …   Universalium

  • rubrication — noun see rubricate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Rubrication — Рубрикация …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • rubrication — ru·bri·ca·tion …   English syllables

  • rubrication — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkāshən noun ( s) 1. : the act or process of rubricating 2. : something (as a letter or word) that is rubricated …   Useful english dictionary

  • rubricate — rubrication, n. rubricator, n. /rooh bri kayt /, v.t., rubricated, rubricating. 1. to mark or color with red. 2. to furnish with or regulate by rubrics. [1560 70; < LL rubricatus (ptp. of rubricare to color red), equiv. to rubric(a) red ocher… …   Universalium

  • Gutenberg Bible — of the New York Public Library, bought by James Lenox in 1847. The first to come to the USA, national folklore has it that the officers at the New York Customs House removed their hats on seeing it. The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42 line… …   Wikipedia

  • Sylvia Huot — is a professor of Medieval French Literature at the University of Cambridge and fellow of Pembroke College. [ [http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/french/staff/sh225/ Sylvia Huot s page at the University of Cambridge] . Accessed 7th May 2008] She is the… …   Wikipedia

  • rubricate — transitive verb ( cated; cating) Date: 1570 1. to write or print as a rubric 2. to provide with a rubric • rubrication noun • rubricator noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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