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3D"Downing Downing College

DRESS AT GRADUATION

Extracted from Statutes= and=20 Ordinances 2001-2 p. 189

  1. Any person presenting a candidate for a doctorate other than the = Ph.D., or=20 for the degree of B.D., wears a cope.
  2. All persons presenting for degrees wear dark clothes with their = academical=20 dress.
  3. A person being admitted to the title of a degree honoris causa = wears the=20 gown of the degree without a hood.
  4. A person being admitted to a degree by incorporation or to the = degree of=20 M.A. under Statute B, III, 6 wears the gown and hood of the degree = that he or=20 she is to receive.
  5. A graduate of the University being admitted to a degree wears the = gown and=20 hood of the highest degree that he or she has received from the=20 University.
  6. A possessor of the status of B.A. or M.A. who is not a graduate of = the=20 University and who is being admitted to a degree other than the degree = of M.A.=20 under Statute B, III, 6 or a degree by incorporation shall wear the = gown=20 appropriate to his or her status, and the hood of the degree, or of = the higher=20 of the two degrees, that he or she is to receive.
  7. An undergraduate being admitted to a degree wears an undergraduate = gown,=20 and the hood of the degree, or of the higher of the two degrees, that = he or=20 she is to receive.
  8. All persons being admitted to degrees wear dark clothes with their = academical dress. Men wear white ties and bands.

BLACK GOWNS

Extracted from Statutes= and=20 Ordinances 2001-2 p. 187

D.D. a full-sleeved gown, or alternatively the M.A. gown, either of = which=20 should have a looped cord and a button at the back and should be = worn with=20 a black silk scarf;
LL.D. a gown with square-ended sleeves slit vertically above the = arm-slits=20 and sewn across below them, wings on the shoulders, and a = flap-collar at=20 the back;
M.D. a gown with square-ended sleeves sewn across below the arm-slits = and a=20 flap-collar at the back, trimmed with a single row of Doctors=92 = lace down=20 each front and round the collar, across each sleeve at the bottom = and=20 above the arm-slit, and with two vertical rows from the centre of = the=20 arm-slit to the shoulder;
Sc.D. the M.A. gown but with a single row of Doctors=92 lace placed=20 horizontally above each arm-slit;
Litt.D. the M.A. gown but with a single row of Doctors=92 lace placed = vertically=20 above each arm-slit;
Mus.D. the M.D. gown but with a double row of Doctors=92 lace on the = lower part=20 of the collar;
B.D. the M.A. gown but with a looped cord and a button on the back as = on=20 the D.D. gown;
Vet.M.D. the Ph.D. gown;
Ph.D. the M.A. gown but with Doctors=92 lace, four inches in length, = placed=20 horizontally above each arm-slit, the bottom edge of the lace = being three=20 inches from the edge of the opening;
M.Chir. the M.A. gown but with three rows of single black silk cord = across the=20 sleeve above each arm-slit, showing a space of half an inch = between row=20 and row, the first row being three-eighths of an inch above the=20 opening;
M.A. a silk or stuff gown with glove sleeves, having horizontal slits = to=20 free the arm, and with strings;
LL.M. the M.Chir. gown but with two rows of single cord across the=20 sleeve;
Mus.M. the M.A. gown but with three buttons joined by cords forming a=20 triangle, two buttons on the upper edge of each arm-slit, five = inches=20 apart, the third in the middle five inches above the = slit;
M.Sc. the M.A. gown but with three buttons placed horizontally,=20 two-and-a-half inches apart and joined by a cord, along each=20 arm-slit;
M.Litt. the M.Sc. gown but with the buttons and cord placed = vertically;
M.Phil. the M.A. gown but with a vertical cord from the centre of the = arm-slit=20 to the shoulder and with one button at the top of the cord and one = button=20 at the bottom of the cord on each sleeve;
M.Eng. the M.A. gown but with a circle of cord on the sleeve with a = button in=20 the centre;
M.B.A. the M.A. gown but with four buttons joined by cords forming a = square=20 on the upper edge of each arm-slit;
M.Ed. the M.A. gown but with five buttons joined by cords forming a = cross on=20 the upper edge of each arm-slit;
M.Sci. the M.A. gown but with a circle of cord on the sleeve with a = button in=20 the centre;
M.St. the M.A. gown but with five buttons joined by cords forming a = cross on=20 the upper edge of each arm-slit;
M.B. a gown of black silk or stuff, shorter than the M.A. gown, with = open=20 sleeves, not slit but turned back to form a triangle bisected by = one black=20 cord about five inches long with a button at the top of the cord, = and with=20 strings;
B.Chir. the M.B. gown but having on each sleeve three parallel cords = half an=20 inch apart, with a button at the top of each cord;
B.A. a stuff gown like the M.B. gown, with open sleeves not turned up = with=20 a cord but slit vertically from the shoulders and caught together = at the=20 bottom of the slit;
LL.B. the M.B. gown but having on each sleeve two parallel cords, with = a=20 button at the top of each cord;
Mus.B. the M.B. gown but on each sleeve one cord and button, with = another=20 button on each side of the sleeve at the corner of the triangle = formed by=20 the turned-back piece of sleeve;
Vet.M.B. the M.B. gown but with two buttons placed vertically one at the = top=20 and one at the bottom of the cord on each sleeve;
B.Ed. the B.A. gown but having on each sleeve four parallel cords = about one=20 inch apart and five inches long with a button at the top of each=20 cord;
B.Th. the B.A. gown but with a looped cord and a button on the back as = on=20 the B.D. gown;

Possessor of the status of Master of Arts: the M.A. gown but without = the=20 strings;

Possessor of the status of Bachelor of Arts: the B.A. gown but = without the=20 strings.

Undergraduates=92 gowns shall reach to the knees.

The buttons of black gowns are of 26-line flat black twill-mohair; = the cords=20 are of 1/8 black =91silk=92, andtwisted double = except in the=20 M.Chir. and LL.M. gowns.

HOODS

Extracted from Statutes= and=20 Ordinances 2001-2 p. 188

Doctor, other than Ph.D. of the same material as the festal gown, lined with the same = material=20 as the lining of the gown;
B.D. of black corded silk lined with black silk;
Vet.M.D. of mid-cherry silk, lined with scarlet cloth;
Ph.D. of black corded silk lined with scarlet cloth;
M.Chir. of black corded silk lined with mid-cherry silk;
M.A. of black corded silk lined with white silk;
LL.M. of black corded silk lined with light-cherry silk;
Mus.M. of black corded silk lined with dark-cherry satin;
M.Sc. of black cloth lined with pink silk shot with light = blue;
M.Litt. of black cloth lined with scarlet silk;
M.Phil. of black cloth lined with blue silk;
M.Eng. of black cloth lined with bronze silk;
M.B.A. of black cloth lined with dark green silk;
M.Ed. of black corded silk lined with light blue silk;
M.Sci. of black corded silk lined with pink silk shot with light = blue;
M.St. of black corded silk lined with yellow silk;
M.B. the hood and tippet of mid-cherry silk, the hood part-lined with = white=20 fur and the tippet edged with white fur;
B.Chir. the M.B. hood but with no fur edging to the tippet;
B.A. of black stuff, part-lined with white fur, the tippet edged with = white=20 fur; or, until further order, of black stuff, part-lined = with=20 white, the tippet edged with white;
LL.B. the M.B. hood and tippet but of light-cherry silk;
Mus.B. the M.B. hood and tippet, but of dark-cherry satin;
Vet.M.B. the M.B. hood but with an edging of white fur, two inches wide, = to the=20 tippet;
B.Ed. of black stuff, part-lined with blue silk and an edging of white = fur,=20 the tippet edged with white fur;
B.Th. of black stuff, lined with black silk, the tippet edged with = white=20 fur.

The neckband of a hood is of the outer colour, with no edging of the = lining=20 material. The corners of tippets are square.

FESTAL GOWNS

D.D. a gown of scarlet cloth lined with dove-coloured silk, that is = silk of=20 a turquoise-blue shot with rose-pink; at the back and on each = sleeve a=20 black button (22-line flat silk) and 1/8 = black=20 twisted cord; black strings: under this gown a black silk cassock = should=20 be worn;
LL.D. a gown of scarlet cloth lined with light-cherry silk; scarlet = buttons=20 and cords and strings;
M.D. a similar gown lined with mid-cherry silk;
Sc.D. a similar gown lined with pink silk shot with light = blue;
Litt.D. a similar gown lined with scarlet silk to match the = cloth;
Mus.D. a gown of cream damask, lined with dark-cherry satin, having = short=20 wide sleeves; the buttons, cords, and strings to match the = satin;
Vet.M.D. the Ph.D. gown;
Ph.D. the silk M.A. gown but with a facing of scarlet cloth, four = inches=20 wide, the full length of the front.

HEADDRESSES

With a festal gown, for a Doctor of Divinity a black velvet cap, for = a Doctor=20 in another Faculty a wide-brimmed round velvet bonnet with gold string = and=20 tassels provided that a Doctor, when taking part in ceremonial in the=20 Senate-House, may with the festal gown wear the square cap; with all = other=20 gowns, for residents the square cap provided that an undergraduate shall = wear=20 either the square cap or no headdress.

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