Chapter 1

THE PLACES OF THE DEGREE CEREMONY 79

APPENDIX I

THE PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 93

APPENDIX II

THE UNIVERSITY STAVES 94

INDEX 97

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE ORIGINAL SHELDONIAN _Frontispiece_

THE UNIVERSITY SEAL _To face p._1

(The seal dates from the fourteenth century and is kept by the Proctors.)

THE CHANCELLOR RECEIVING A CHARTER FROM EDWARD III _To face p._19

(From the Chancellor's book, circ. 1375.)

MASTER AND SCHOLAR _To face p._34

(From the title-page of Burley's _Tractatus de natura et forma_.)

THE BEDEL OF DIVINITY'S STAFF _To face p._50

PROCTOR AND SCHOLARS OF THE RESTORATION PERIOD _To face p._64

(From _Habitus Academicorum_, attributed to D. Loggan, 1674.)

THE INTERIOR OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL _To face p._79