<rubric>contains the text of any rubric or heading attached to a particular manuscript item, that is, a string of words whereby a manuscript signals a text division (e.g. beginning, book, chapter, end) which is in some way set off from the text itself, usually in red ink,or by use of different size or type of script, lining, or other such visual device. .
Attributes:
typespecifies the type of rubric, e.g. whether it is at the start or end of the item.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: A typology has yet to be defined
Default: #IMPLIED
Example
<rubric>Explicit le romans de la Rose ou l'art d'amours est toute
enclose.</rubric>
<rubric>Nu koma Skyckiu Rym<expan>ur</expan>.</rubric>
<rubric><locus>16.  f. 28v in margin: </locus>Dicta Cassiodori</rubric>
Class
Declaration
<!ELEMENT rubric  - -  (%phrase.seq;)>
<!ATTLIST	rubric	%a.global;
      type CDATA #IMPLIED >
See further2.5.1. The msItem element

Appendix A Reference Documentation for Elements and Classes