On Jul 23, 2011, at 6:36 PM, "Susan B. Farmer" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> Second -- what I'm looking for is what was Medieval/Renaissance Dress. Our 
> dean keeps saying that Academic Dress (tm) is unchanged since the 14th 
> Century -- I want to know what 14th C Academic Dress looks like!
> 

When I get home I'll give you the reference for what I found when I had a 
similar question. The short version of my own conclusions was "the styles are 
clearly related, but if you showed up at a modern college graduation wearing a 
14th c cap and gown, it would be instantly identified as odd. "

Heather Rose Jones
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