rubricated

[ roo-bri-key-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.

First recorded in 1595–1605; rubricate + -ed ²

The paper was to be of hand-made linen, from the Kelmscott Mills; the type black-letter, with rubricated initials.

Illuminated pages, rubricated headings, and fine illustrations were conspicuous by their absence.

Printed on the finest deckle edge paper and bound in the best silk finished cloth, with frontispiece and rubricated title page.

A 56-page illustrated pamphlet, untrimmed, rubricated cover.

There are no figures or illuminations, but the titles are rubricated in burnished gold or in colours.

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