Within a manuscript, a rubric, or a "title, chapter heading, or instruction...which helps to identify [the text's] components" (Brown, 1994, p.111) may be present. Rubrics began during the days of ancient scroll-making when brightly colored ink was used to "distinguish two sets of items" within the text and then eventually for "the opening words or title of a book" and for "headings or the end of a section" (Avrin, 1991, p. 91). These rubrics were usually done in red ink to stand out from the main text. The word "rubric" gets its name from its coloring; the Latin word for red is rubrica. (Brown, 1994). However, often other colors of ink, including black and green, were "tastefully combined" with red ink to present a "bold visual effect" (Avrin, 1991, p.91).
In this manuscript, red rubrication is seen throughout (see Figures 20 and 21).
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| Figure 20 |
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| Figure 21 |
Many of the red rubrication is further highlighted by additional elements done in green ink, such as this green face drawn inside a red letter "o" (see Figure 22).
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| Figure 22 |
