University Academic mortarboard (Bachelor) - Graduation Cap

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Since the 1960s, convocation regalia has largely remained unchanged and continues to represent a timeless tradition and rite of passage. Nonetheless, tricorns can still be seen on the Registrar, as it is the official hat for this official. Likewise, others have done away with the cap for socio-political purposes, or due to designer intent, as with Vivienne Westwood’s design for the ceremonies of King’s College London.

This has often been misinterpreted – urban legends at many universities like Trinity College, University of Bristol, and University of Cambridge state that men stopped wearing the cap to protest the admission of women into the university. But have you ever stopped to consider what an odd looking thing it is and just how it came to be worn for graduations? The shape of the biretta cap was gradually adapted in some countries, including Britain, with the flat square section on top becoming wider and more angular until it eventually came to resemble the modern-day mortarboard. The Pileus Quadratus: An enquiry into the relation of the priest's square cap to the common academical catercap and to the judicial corner-cap". Please select your head size, if unsure please measure in cm’s around the head just above your ears.

Whether you wear the traditional graduation attire once or several times to mark your continual academic advancement, take note that you are part of a historical tradition that goes back many centuries. The Children's Graduation Cap is a superb choice for Nurseries and sizing could not be simpler as one size fits all for nursery age children.

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). The ribbon for the wide ribbons is grosgrain ribbon whilst the rosette can be made of either the same grosgrain or satin.In 1583 Philip Stubbes wrote that this shape symbolised ‘the whole monarchy of the world, east, west, north and south, the government of which standeth upon them as the cap doth upon their heads’.