A Doctor of Divinity, in wig and ordinary gown of black crape, silk or prince's stuff, with a crimson hood behind.
A Doctor of Divinity, in wig and ordinary gown of black crape, silk or prince's stuff, with a crimson hood behind - signifying a doctor of divinity at Oxford or Cambridge. Handcolored copperplate from Charles Lamb's "A Book of the Ranks and Dignities of British Society" (1805).
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