{{Stars1Stars2|Category = Men's Clothing}}''A garment made from light material worn on the upper part of the body next to the skin''<br><br> The evidence for shirts often doubles up with that for [[CategoryTunics]] due to the difficulty of determining the items original use.<br><br> ==Shirt material== ===made from linen=== {{evidence|Art =* Vivian bible [EWING 2007:Menp.81] |Literature =* Jerome (late Roman) [EWING 2007: p.81] |Archaeology =* Viborg shirt, 1018AD [EWING 2007: p.81]* York [EWING 2007: p.81]* Baladoole [EWING 2007: p.79]* Birka, decorated [EWING 2007: p.79]* Llan-gors [EWING 2007: p.79]* Thorsbjerg [EWING 2007: p.72-73]|Discussion}} ===made from wool==={{evidence|Art |Literature =* Norwegians didn’t know wool [EWING 2007]|Archaeology =* Hedeby [EWING 2007: p.79]}}<br> ==Shirt Neck Styles== ===Bias keyhole or oval neck==={{evidence|Art |Literature|Archaeology =* Thorsbjerg}} ===Square neck==={{evidence|Art |Literature|Archaeology =* Virborg shirt}} ===Different colour facing===None as far as we are aware.<br> ==Shirt Skirt Styles== ===Skirt gores=== ===Side split==='s Clothing''Art'''<br>*Julius Calandar [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.254]<br> ===Front split==='''Art'''<br>* Bayeux Tapestry - deep cut to the groin* Tiberius - small shallow cut<br> ==Shirt colours=====Natural or bleached=== ===Dyed a light colour===As shirts would have been regularly washed it is unlikely that they would have retained any dying for long. ===Dyed a strong colour=== ==Decoration== {{evidence|Art|Literature =* Orknesing Saga [EWING 2007: p.79] |Archaeology=* Llan-gors [EWING 2007: p.79]* Birka [EWING 2007: p.79]}} ==Worn tucked into trousers [V]== '''Art'''<br>* Oseberg wagon. * Middleton Warrior [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.188] ==Visible under tunic== '''Art'''<br>Only one Anglo-Saxon manuscript image seems to show a shirt longer that the tunic. King Aethelstan, Cambs, Corpus Christi MS.183 f.iv, dated to 934AD<br> ==See Also==[[Tunics]] == References =={{Ref|Ewing 2007}}{{Ref|Owen-Crocker 2004}} <HarvardReferences />