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I am reading a book about Spanish California, and the author uses the word "rubric" to mean, I think, "personal mark attesting to a document." I don't have access to the original manuscript documents, so I can't tell if this refers to a signature, an "X," or some other sort of mark. Any thoughts on this usage?
Example from the end of a report (translated by the author from Spanish to English):
This is what we have seen.
Frontier of Santo Domingo, January 15, 1780.
Joseph Velásquez (Rubric)
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I am reading a book about Spanish California, and the author uses the word "rubric" to mean, I think, "personal mark attesting to a document." I don't have access to the original manuscript documents, so I can't tell if this refers to a signature, an "X," or some other sort of mark. Any thoughts on this usage?
Example from the end of a report (translated by the author from Spanish to English):
This is what we have seen.
Frontier of Santo Domingo, January 15, 1780.
Joseph Velásquez (Rubric)
word-usage
asked Apr 24 at 17:55
Alan HarperAlan Harper
512
add a comment |
I am reading a book about Spanish California, and the author uses the word "rubric" to mean, I think, "personal mark attesting to a document." I don't have access to the original manuscript documents, so I can't tell if this refers to a signature, an "X," or some other sort of mark. Any thoughts on this usage?
Example from the end of a report (translated by the author from Spanish to English):
This is what we have seen.
Frontier of Santo Domingo, January 15, 1780.
Joseph Velásquez (Rubric)
word-usage
asked Apr 24 at 17:55
Alan HarperAlan Harper
512
I am reading a book about Spanish California, and the author uses the word "rubric" to mean, I think, "personal mark attesting to a document." I don't have access to the original manuscript documents, so I can't tell if this refers to a signature, an "X," or some other sort of mark. Any thoughts on this usage?
Example from the end of a report (translated by the author from Spanish to English):
This is what we have seen.
Frontier of Santo Domingo, January 15, 1780.
Joseph Velásquez (Rubric)
word-usage
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The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition:
In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking contexts: a decorative flourish attached to a signature; (also) a mark used in place of a signature. Now chiefly hist.
Notably, it was used in Don Quixote:
It goes very well (quoth Sancho) subsigne it therefore I pray you. It needes no seale (quoth Don-Quixote) but onely my Rubricke [Sp. rúbrica], which is as valible as if it were subscribed; not only for three Asses, but also for three hundred.
However this sense of the word is not in Oxford’s general dictionary. It’s not a definition that the vast majority of people know.
answered Apr 24 at 18:23
LaurelLaurel
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Just to add the modern usage in Portuguese (I'm a native speaker): in modern days, rubric means a "short" version of the signature, normally just the first letter of the person's name. When reviewing a long contract, for instance, the lawyer would say to you "please rubric every page and sign the last one" (using "rubric" as a verb here).
– Gerardo Furtado
Apr 24 at 23:38
1
I couldn't even remember the academic definition. OP is trying to use an obscure definition of an already obscure word.
– Mazura
Apr 25 at 0:20
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According to this source, a rubric is the flourish or swash under a signature:
A rubric is a flourish embellishing a signature; it's both decorative and a security feature.
[history.stackexchange.com]
I'm not sure how credible that website is as a source, but this meaning seems to be confirmed by other references, for example:
The flourish or rubric in the occidental signatures is defined by a kind of doodle written much faster and without much attention.
Modeling the Lexical Morphology of Western Handwritten Signatures,
PLOS One
Or:
A flourish after a signature; a paraph.
From wordnik.com quoting the Century Dictionary
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The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition:
In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking contexts: a decorative flourish attached to a signature; (also) a mark used in place of a signature. Now chiefly hist.
Notably, it was used in Don Quixote:
It goes very well (quoth Sancho) subsigne it therefore I pray you. It needes no seale (quoth Don-Quixote) but onely my Rubricke [Sp. rúbrica], which is as valible as if it were subscribed; not only for three Asses, but also for three hundred.
However this sense of the word is not in Oxford’s general dictionary. It’s not a definition that the vast majority of people know.
answered Apr 24 at 18:23
LaurelLaurel
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Just to add the modern usage in Portuguese (I'm a native speaker): in modern days, rubric means a "short" version of the signature, normally just the first letter of the person's name. When reviewing a long contract, for instance, the lawyer would say to you "please rubric every page and sign the last one" (using "rubric" as a verb here).
– Gerardo Furtado
Apr 24 at 23:38
1
I couldn't even remember the academic definition. OP is trying to use an obscure definition of an already obscure word.
– Mazura
Apr 25 at 0:20
add a comment |
The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition:
In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking contexts: a decorative flourish attached to a signature; (also) a mark used in place of a signature. Now chiefly hist.
Notably, it was used in Don Quixote:
It goes very well (quoth Sancho) subsigne it therefore I pray you. It needes no seale (quoth Don-Quixote) but onely my Rubricke [Sp. rúbrica], which is as valible as if it were subscribed; not only for three Asses, but also for three hundred.
However this sense of the word is not in Oxford’s general dictionary. It’s not a definition that the vast majority of people know.
answered Apr 24 at 18:23
LaurelLaurel
35.4k668123
4
Just to add the modern usage in Portuguese (I'm a native speaker): in modern days, rubric means a "short" version of the signature, normally just the first letter of the person's name. When reviewing a long contract, for instance, the lawyer would say to you "please rubric every page and sign the last one" (using "rubric" as a verb here).
– Gerardo Furtado
Apr 24 at 23:38
1
I couldn't even remember the academic definition. OP is trying to use an obscure definition of an already obscure word.
– Mazura
Apr 25 at 0:20
add a comment |
The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition:
In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking contexts: a decorative flourish attached to a signature; (also) a mark used in place of a signature. Now chiefly hist.
Notably, it was used in Don Quixote:
It goes very well (quoth Sancho) subsigne it therefore I pray you. It needes no seale (quoth Don-Quixote) but onely my Rubricke [Sp. rúbrica], which is as valible as if it were subscribed; not only for three Asses, but also for three hundred.
However this sense of the word is not in Oxford’s general dictionary. It’s not a definition that the vast majority of people know.
answered Apr 24 at 18:23
LaurelLaurel
35.4k668123
The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition:
In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking contexts: a decorative flourish attached to a signature; (also) a mark used in place of a signature. Now chiefly hist.
Notably, it was used in Don Quixote:
It goes very well (quoth Sancho) subsigne it therefore I pray you. It needes no seale (quoth Don-Quixote) but onely my Rubricke [Sp. rúbrica], which is as valible as if it were subscribed; not only for three Asses, but also for three hundred.
However this sense of the word is not in Oxford’s general dictionary. It’s not a definition that the vast majority of people know.
answered Apr 24 at 18:23
LaurelLaurel
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answered Apr 24 at 18:23
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answered Apr 24 at 18:23
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answered Apr 24 at 18:23
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Just to add the modern usage in Portuguese (I'm a native speaker): in modern days, rubric means a "short" version of the signature, normally just the first letter of the person's name. When reviewing a long contract, for instance, the lawyer would say to you "please rubric every page and sign the last one" (using "rubric" as a verb here).
– Gerardo Furtado
Apr 24 at 23:38
1
I couldn't even remember the academic definition. OP is trying to use an obscure definition of an already obscure word.
– Mazura
Apr 25 at 0:20
add a comment |
4
Just to add the modern usage in Portuguese (I'm a native speaker): in modern days, rubric means a "short" version of the signature, normally just the first letter of the person's name. When reviewing a long contract, for instance, the lawyer would say to you "please rubric every page and sign the last one" (using "rubric" as a verb here).
– Gerardo Furtado
Apr 24 at 23:38
1
I couldn't even remember the academic definition. OP is trying to use an obscure definition of an already obscure word.
– Mazura
Apr 25 at 0:20
4
4
Just to add the modern usage in Portuguese (I'm a native speaker): in modern days, rubric means a "short" version of the signature, normally just the first letter of the person's name. When reviewing a long contract, for instance, the lawyer would say to you "please rubric every page and sign the last one" (using "rubric" as a verb here).
– Gerardo Furtado
Apr 24 at 23:38
Just to add the modern usage in Portuguese (I'm a native speaker): in modern days, rubric means a "short" version of the signature, normally just the first letter of the person's name. When reviewing a long contract, for instance, the lawyer would say to you "please rubric every page and sign the last one" (using "rubric" as a verb here).
– Gerardo Furtado
Apr 24 at 23:38
1
1
I couldn't even remember the academic definition. OP is trying to use an obscure definition of an already obscure word.
– Mazura
Apr 25 at 0:20
I couldn't even remember the academic definition. OP is trying to use an obscure definition of an already obscure word.
– Mazura
Apr 25 at 0:20
add a comment |
According to this source, a rubric is the flourish or swash under a signature:
A rubric is a flourish embellishing a signature; it's both decorative and a security feature.
[history.stackexchange.com]
I'm not sure how credible that website is as a source, but this meaning seems to be confirmed by other references, for example:
The flourish or rubric in the occidental signatures is defined by a kind of doodle written much faster and without much attention.
Modeling the Lexical Morphology of Western Handwritten Signatures,
PLOS One
Or:
A flourish after a signature; a paraph.
From wordnik.com quoting the Century Dictionary
add a comment |
According to this source, a rubric is the flourish or swash under a signature:
A rubric is a flourish embellishing a signature; it's both decorative and a security feature.
[history.stackexchange.com]
I'm not sure how credible that website is as a source, but this meaning seems to be confirmed by other references, for example:
The flourish or rubric in the occidental signatures is defined by a kind of doodle written much faster and without much attention.
Modeling the Lexical Morphology of Western Handwritten Signatures,
PLOS One
Or:
A flourish after a signature; a paraph.
From wordnik.com quoting the Century Dictionary
add a comment |
According to this source, a rubric is the flourish or swash under a signature:
A rubric is a flourish embellishing a signature; it's both decorative and a security feature.
[history.stackexchange.com]
I'm not sure how credible that website is as a source, but this meaning seems to be confirmed by other references, for example:
The flourish or rubric in the occidental signatures is defined by a kind of doodle written much faster and without much attention.
Modeling the Lexical Morphology of Western Handwritten Signatures,
PLOS One
Or:
A flourish after a signature; a paraph.
From wordnik.com quoting the Century Dictionary
According to this source, a rubric is the flourish or swash under a signature:
A rubric is a flourish embellishing a signature; it's both decorative and a security feature.
[history.stackexchange.com]
I'm not sure how credible that website is as a source, but this meaning seems to be confirmed by other references, for example:
The flourish or rubric in the occidental signatures is defined by a kind of doodle written much faster and without much attention.
Modeling the Lexical Morphology of Western Handwritten Signatures,
PLOS One
Or:
A flourish after a signature; a paraph.
From wordnik.com quoting the Century Dictionary
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