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The Invention Of Tradition: The Cambridge Benefactors’ Gowns, Simon Morris
The Invention Of Tradition: The Cambridge Benefactors’ Gowns, Simon Morris
Transactions of the Burgon Society
This article examines the emergence of a new phenomenon in academic dress that has developed over the past twenty years—the awarding of special gowns by some colleges of the University of Cambridge to recognize individual donors and reward their munificence. This appears to be predominantly—albeit not exclusively—a Cambridge phenomenon, and for reasons advanced below not replicated at Oxford University. This article considers in turn whether benefactors’ gowns qualify as academic dress, the reasons for their institution and the criteria for their design. It then looks at the two types of design that have been used, paying particular attention to the …
The Evolution Of Undergraduate Academic Dress At The University Of Cambridge And Its Constituent Colleges, Brian M. Newman
The Evolution Of Undergraduate Academic Dress At The University Of Cambridge And Its Constituent Colleges, Brian M. Newman
Transactions of the Burgon Society
This paper charts the development of the distinctive academic costume worn by undergraduate members of England’s second oldest university, Cambridge. It follows the evolution in undergraduate academic dress from differentiation based upon social class and wealth (and regulated as such by the University) to one of differentiation, in most historical cases at least, by the college of which undergraduates are members, about which the University’s only current stipulation is that gowns should be knee-length.
Academic Dress On Picture Postcards Published By Davis’S Of Oxford, Their Rivals And Successors, Alex Kerr
Academic Dress On Picture Postcards Published By Davis’S Of Oxford, Their Rivals And Successors, Alex Kerr
Transactions of the Burgon Society
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