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The mortarboard may have developed from the biretta, a similar-looking hat worn by Roman Catholic clergy. The biretta itself may have been a development of the Roman pileus quadratus, a type of skullcap with superposed square and tump (meaning small mound). A reinvention of this type of cap is known as the Bishop Andrewes cap.
Maroon with white chevron Maroon with black trim Black mortarboard or tam Bachelor's and master's gowns are black with a maroon band bearing the university logo at the end of the sleeves. [97] Tulane University: Olive green and sky blue Green and black, with white trim Black octagonal tam University "TU" shield [98] University of Alabama
Academic dress of King's College London in different colours, designed and presented by fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate ...
Most caps are made of wool felt or velvet, and have the same basic shape of a Nordic student cap or a mariner's cap with a black beak but with a different cockade, cap badge and colors, depending on the affiliation. All students enrolled at a university are entitled to wear a standard student cap which has a white crown, a black band, and a ...
Bachelor: Black Bachelor gown with large sleeves to the wrist, black hood bordered with white fur and lined with the distinctive colour of the degree, and mortarboard cap. Master: Black Master gown with sleeves that have a square slit just below the shoulder and a long flat sleeve to below the knee, black hood without the fur border but lined ...