Rubricator

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The person who wrote the red titles and headings in a manuscript. historical

    "Bollstatter often functioned as the initialer and rubricator of his own manuscripts (that is, he not only determined the selection and execution of the texts, he also participated in making visible the manuscript's interior textual hierarchy)."

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"Bollstatter often functioned as the initialer and rubricator of his own manuscripts (that is, he not only determined the selection and execution of the texts, he also participated in making visible the manuscript's interior textual hierarchy)."

Etymology

From rubricate + -or.

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