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Fine initials were painted in the vacant spaces by hand; the small letter in the center of the square being the cue for the rubricator.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

The words printed in clarendon in these three pieces are written in red, not inserted afterwards by a rubricator but done at the same time as the rest of the text.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

At least one printer, Johann Mentelin of Strassburg, seems to have considered the addition of colophons as the proper business of the rubricator.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

The obvious thing to do was to print in red all the headings, chapter-numbers, etc., which the rubricator used to add in that colour.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)