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 | | The silk gown, I-bottomed wig and fl court dress now worn by Kings unsel is generally held to date from the funeral of Queen ary II., being the mourning dress worn by the wish of King illiam for a considerable period after the queens death, and opted as a convenient costume ever since. |
 | | Academic Costume.No thorough study has so far been made of early English academic costume as compared with that of the continental universitiesa study which ought to throw much light on the subject.3 A vexed question is that of how far academic dress is derived from the ecclesiastical. |
 | | Academic dress during the 17th century may be further studied in Bedel Bucks book (1665, see Appendix B. to Peacock, Observations on the Statutes of the University of Cambridge), and Loggans plates of academic costume in Oxonia Illustrata (1675) and Cantabrigia Ilbustrata (1690, ed. |
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