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Detail showing the use of rubrication from the Gellone Sacramentary, 8th century (Paris, …
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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 applied to the rules prescribed for the conduct of religious services as set forth in breviaries, prayer books, and missals. Though red is the traditional colour for rubrication (from Latin, rubricare: “to colour red”), the term is now extended to include inks of other colours either applied by hand or printed.



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The names of most martyrs are printed with black ink, but John Day followed the medieval tradition of rubrication by employing red lettering to emphasize not only important saints' days and church festivals grounded upon the Bible and included in the Book of Common Prayer, but also a small number of "confessors" (e.
"The Light of Printing": William Tyndale, John Foxe, John Day, and ... by KING, JOHN N. / Renaissance Quarterly
It seemed to be on both sides of too many issues; it refused, irritatingly, neat rubrication.
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by McInnes, Neil / The National Interest
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