red... rubrication

Evidence

"The manuscript also contains the red and blue rubrication typical of many fifteenth-century manuscripts and used to separate the recipes from one another."

Remarks

In CUL MS Kk.6.33, red rubrication is specifically identified as being used to 'separate the recipes from one another' (p. 209). The manuscript's script is described as a 'smart bastard anglicana hand' with a 'textura influence' that suggests it was copied 'carefully and slowly' (p. 209). Despite the use of color, the manuscript is described as having nothing 'impressively lavish or ornate' and its 'small dimensions' imply a utilitarian function for 'itinerant use' (p. 209).