“Bachelors in the Civil Law and in Physic wear a gown of the same shape as that of a Master of Arts.

“All Graduates of the above ranks are entitled to wear a hat, instead of the square black cloth cap, with their gowns, and the custom of doing so is generally adopted, except by the HEADS, Tutors, and University and College Officers, who consider it more correct to appear in the full academical costume.

“A Bachelor of Arts’ gown is made of bombazine or poplin, with large sleeves terminating in a point, with apertures for the arms, just below the shoulder-joint.[13] Bachelor Fellow-Commoners usually wear silk gowns, and square velvet caps.  The caps of other Bachelors are of cloth.

“All the above, being Graduates, when they use surplices in chapel wear over them their hoods, which are peculiar to the several degrees.  The hoods of Doctors are made of scarlet cloth, lined with rose-colored silk; those of Bachelors in Divinity, and Non-Regent Masters of Arts, are of black silk; those of Regent Masters of Arts and Bachelors in the Civil Law and in Physic, of black silk lined with white; and those of Bachelors of Arts, of black serge, trimmed with a border of white lamb’s-wool.

“The dresses of the Undergraduates are the following:—­

“A Nobleman has two gowns:  the first in shape like that of the Fellow-Commoners, is made of purple Ducape, very richly embroidered with gold lace, and is worn in public processions, and on festival-days:  a square black velvet cap with a very large gold tassel is worn with it;—­the second, or ordinary gown, is made of black silk, with full round sleeves, and a hat is worn with it.  The latter dress is worn also by the Bachelor Fellows of King’s College.

“A Fellow-Commoner wears a black prince’s stuff gown, with a square collar, and straight hanging sleeves, which are decorated with gold lace; and a square black velvet cap with a gold tassel.

“The Fellow-Commoners of Emmanuel College wear a similar gown, with the addition of several gold-lace buttons attached to the trimmings on the sleeves;—­those of Trinity College have a purple prince’s stuff gown, adorned with silver lace,[14] and a silver tassel is attached to the cap;—­at Downing the gown is made of black silk, of the same shape, ornamented with tufts and silk lace; and a square cap of velvet with a gold tassel is worn.  At Jesus College, a Bachelor’s silk gown is worn, plaited up at the sleeve, and with a gold lace from the shoulder to the bend of the arm.  At Queen’s a Bachelor’s silk gown, with a velvet cap and gold tassel, is worn:  the same at Corpus and Magdalene; at the latter it is gathered and looped up at the sleeve,—­at the former (Corpus) it has velvet facings.  Married Fellow-Commoners usually wear a black silk gown, with full, round sleeves, and a square velvet cap with silk tassel.[15]