1) Color 2) Colour 3) Emblazon 
to decorate with rubrics; to illuminate a manuscript
• (a.) Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion. • (v. t.) To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript.
Min'i·ate adjective Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion. Min'i·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Miniated ; present participle & verbal noun Miniating .] [ Latin miniatus , past participle of miniare . See Minium .] To paint or tinge with red lead or vermi...
[v] - paint with red lead or vermilion 2. [v] - decorate with letters painted red, of manuscripts
verb decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; `In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated`