I'm looking for information on Academic Dress -- and I turned to
Davenport -- they have the nice section on Clerical Dress.
The appendix lists several figures: 323, 594-596, 1560-1578, and 1759.
1561-1578 are Academic Gowns as is 1759. 323 and 594-596, however, are
clearly *NOT* academic
What is your specific quiry? Like uniforms, the various robes and garments are
particular to the various institutions that were required for students to
wear.? When it comes to modern day garb, these garments may be eclectic
according to the institutions requiring them for ceremonies. The
On 7/23/2011 6:16 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
What is your specific quiry? Like uniforms, the various robes and garments are
particular to the various institutions that were required for students to
wear.? When it comes to modern day garb, these garments may be eclectic
according to the
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!
I've always thought that some of the robes worn by my dad's colleagues
at Commencement - especially the ones that have velvet trim and a
floppy hat
On 7/23/2011 10:30 PM, Aurora Celeste wrote:
Margaret Scott's new book Fashion in the Middle Ages has a section on
academic dress: pgs 74-7. I don't know much about modern academic wear, but
I'd say it only bears a passing resemblance. Also, my
knowledge-of-all-specialist-of-none background
