The arms on the tops of three of the staves present a very curious puzzle; one roundel bears those of Neville and Montagu quarterly, and seems to be a reproduction of the arms of the Chancellor of 1455, George Neville, the Archbishop of York; another bears the old Plantagenet 'England and France quarterly' as borne by the sovereigns from Henry IV to Elizabeth; a third the Stuart arms as borne from James I to Queen Anne; yet the work of all three roundels seems to be seventeenth century in character, and does not match that of the rest of the fabric of the staves. INDEX 'Act,' meaning of, 27; term, 28; confused with Encaenia, 31-2. Aristotle, portions read of, 18, 37. Arnould, J., 85. Bachelor (of Arts), etymology of, 24; in France, 47; dress of, 69, 78; hood of, 66, 71, 78; when taken, 35, 43. ---- of Divinity, qualification for, 30; dress of, 77. Bands worn, 68. Beaconsfield, Lord, 86. Beaufort, Cardinal, 91. Bedels, history of, 54 seq.; caps of, 72; at degrees, 4, 17. Bodleian, 88, 89. Boots to be worn, 65. Caius, Dr., 61. Cambrensis, G., 22. Cambridge, dress of Vice-Chancellor at, 69; degree ceremonies at, 28-9; King's College, 40 _n._; gowns at, 68. Candidates (for degrees), dress of, 1; presentation of, 11; oath of, 13; admission of, 15, 17. Cap, 71 seq. _Cappa_, 69, 70. Chancellor, origin of, 22, 26; authority of, 50; non-resident, 51. Chichele, Archbishop, 90. Church and University, 25. Church, Dean, 86. _Circuitus_, 44. _Collecta_, 37. 'Commencement' in American Universities, 23. Commemoration, origin of, 31; description of, 32-3; noise at, 86-7; music at, 87. Compton, H., 82. Congregation, 88, 93. ---- Ancient House of, 93; degrees conferred in, 4, 5; nominates examiners, 4. Convocation, 93; business in, 4. ---- House, 88 seq. Cranmer, Archbishop, 92. Crewe, Lord, 32; oration of, 32. Degrees, meaning of, 24; order of taking, 6-7; elements in, 27; requirements for, 34 seq.; in absence, 18; _ad eundem_, 18; Lambeth, 27; honorary, 32. ---- ceremony, admittance to, 2; notice of, 3. D.C.L., 32; dress of, 75. D.D., first, 22; qualifications for, 30; dress of, 69, 75-6; cap of, 72; theses for, 30, 92. _Depositio_, 45. Divinity School, 87, 89 seq. D.M., dress of, 75. D.Mus., dress of, 76; Haydn, 76; Handel, 87; Richter, 76. Doctorate, German, 47; qualifications for, 76; presentation for, 11, 63. Eglesfield, R., 68, 70 _n._ _Encaenia_, see Commemoration; etymology of, 31 _n._ Evelyn, J., 28, 80, 81, 87. Examinations, mediaeval, 41 seq.; control of, 52. Fell, Dr., 53. Friars at Oxford, 46. Gibbon, E., quoted, 24. Gowns, 69, 75 seq.; proposed abolition of, 54. 'Graces,' college, 5, 6; University, 38 seq., 59. Green, J.R., quoted, 33. Heber, R., 85. Hoods, 70-1, 75 seq. 'Inception,' 19, 29, 31. Key, T., 60.