Miniate

Min´i`ate

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Miniated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Miniating .]
a.	1.	Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	miniate - paint with red lead or vermilion     artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" emblazon, colour, color - decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
	2.	miniate - decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated" rubricate artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" illuminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)