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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 50

Chapter VII.—Academic Dress

Chapter VII.—Academic Dress.

I.The robe for the Chancellor of the University is a black-velvet gown, with scarlet-velvet collar and facings embroidered with gold.
II.The robe for the Vice-Chancelloir is a black-velvet gown, with scarlet-velvet collar and facings embroidered with gold less richly than that for the Chancellor.
III.The costume of a Fellow of the University is a black-silk gown edged with scarlet cord, and a black-velvet trencher with tassel.
IV.The robe for the Registrar is black-silk with scarlet-silk collar and facings.
V.Graduates must appear at all public ceremonies of the University in the academical costume proper to their degree, but graduates admitted ad eundem may wear the academical costume of their own University.
VI.The gown for the Bachelor of Arts is the same as that of the Cambridge Bachelor of Arts; the hood is of the same size and shape as that of the Cambridge Master of Arts, and is lined with pink silk and bordered with white fur.
VII.The gown for the Master of Arts is the same as that of the Cambridge Master of Arts; the hood is the same size page 63 and shape as that of the Cambridge Master of Arts, and is lined with pink silk.
VIII.The gown for the Bachelor of Laws is the same as that of the Bachelor of Arts; the hood is of the same size and shape as that of the Bachelor of Arts; and is lined with light blue silk, and bordered with white fur.
IX.The gown for the Doctor of Laws is the same as that of the Master of Arts; the hood is of the same size and shape as that of the Master of Arts, and is lined with light-blue silk.
X.The cap for all graduates is a black trencher with tassel.