English costume from prehistoric times to the end of the eighteenth century (1910)
Clinch, George, 1860-1921 · Chicago : A. C. McClurg; London, Methuen · leaf 376
but there are two main types, namely (i) theplain, close-fitting skull-cap, and (2) the round capwith a point in the centre and a general appearanceof squareness in later examples indicating modification ^4^ ENGLISH COSTUME by use, resulting eventually in the regular square capof modern times. This… … Doctors cap, circa 1480 The hood, or caputium, was originally a regularmediaeval form of head-dress, and was at one time wornby all the members of the universities, whether graduateor not. In process of time its use was restricted to thegraduate members, and it then came to be reckoned asymbol or…
Costume -- Great Britain · England -- Social life and customs
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