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Encyclopedia > Rubric

Rubric can refer to:

  • In typography, rubric refers to a section of red text
  • In academia, rubric is a grading scheme
  • In liturgy, rubric refers to instructions indicating actions to be performed rather than words to be said
  • A rubric is also an authoritative rule, an explanatory or introductory commentary, or an established rule, tradition, or custom.
  • Rubric commonly means simply a title or a portion of text set off from the rest that acts as an introduction or heading.

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Gutenberg Bible: The Copy on Vellum - the Decoration (224 words)
The Bibles were not ready for use when they came off the press; rubrication, large capital letters, and decoration were still to be added.
Henceforth the rubrics were intended to be supplied by hand, by rubricators.
Rubrics, chapter numbers, and accent marks are supplied in red.
Rare Book, Incunabula - Archives - Marquette University (535 words)
he opening to each book is extensively rubricated in red and blue, while book numbers and illuminated capitals appear on each page.
An unsigned, nineteenth-century note on the final leaf attributes the rubrication to Lazarus von Andlau.
The author of the note states he has seen a book signed by Lazarus with similar rubrication in the shop of the bookseller Heberle in Cologne.
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