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Tailpiece

A panel of ornament, sometimes containing a rubric or colophon, which stands at the end of a text.

A panel of ornament, sometimes containing a rubric or colophon, which stands at the end of a text. See also headpiece.

    Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).