Excerpt from English Academical Costume, Mediæval

The civic and judicial robes Of dignity and gravity bear some resemblance, mainly in their earlier forms, to the academic. A Tunic or Gown is very common, rather resembling the Cassock than the Gown proper, but some times having another dress still more like the former, worn, as in academical costume, underneath.

Hood and Tippet - The Hood, although its Latin name Caputium has nothing to do with Caput, was no doubt originally intended, both in monastic and academical costume, as the sole or main covering for the head in hot or bad weather. It was at after times dropped on the shoulders, whence the name Scapulare is sometimes applied to it, though this word properly describes the Benedictine alternative for the cucullus. As an article of monastic dress, the Hood was originally part of or attached to the cucullus, but it does not seem to have been Similarly attached in its use by lay persons, nor, at any rate for long, by the semi-clerical members Of the Universities. Attached or not, the Hood when dropped on the shoulders, ought to shew only one fold, and to take the form of a small cape. The large Tippet Often appear ing beneath this cape, in academical costume, should be something else, though we sometimes are puzzled to make out whether it is really a separate item or part Of the Hood proper.

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