The Bishop Andrewes cap is a recent reinvention of the ancient style of

academic cap The square academic cap, graduate cap, cap, mortarboard (because of its similarity in appearance to the mortarboard used by brickmasons to hold mortar) or Oxford cap is an item of academic dress consisting of a horizontal square board fixed up ...

as part of

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before it developed into the modern mortarboard as it is known today.Goff; p.22-23 The cap is named after

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

Lancelot Andrewes Lancelot Andrewes (155525 September 1626) was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. During the latter's reign, Andrewes served successively as Bishop of Chic ...

who may or may not have worn this style of cap at all. The cap is similar to the mortarboard save that it does not have a hard board to stiffen the top square. Instead, it is soft and floppy. Instead of a

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and

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, there is a tump or

pompom A pom-pom – also spelled pom-pon, pompom or pompon – is a decorative ball or tuft of fibrous material. The term may refer to large tufts used by cheerleaders, or a small, tighter ball attached to the top of a hat, also known as a ...

of silk at the centre of the apex. It is usually made of black velvet. The cap is currently prescribed for the full academical dress for a

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(DD) at the

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as well as the official dress of certain

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such as the Burgon Society.

References

*Goff, Philip (1999). ''University of London Academic Dress''. London: University of London Press.

Notes

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