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It is interesting to note that as yet I have not managed to find an image showing a square neck hole in any Carolingian or Ottonian manuscript. Also the only neck hole identified on the clothing fragments recovered from Hedeby, originally part of Denmark, was determined to be round [HAGG 1984:p.50]. This does lead to the possibility of square necked garments being, if anything, very English. <br>
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==Popularity==
[[File:London, British Library, MS Cotton Tiberius B V, fol.4r.jpg|leftright|frame|150x150px|Fig. 3 Labourer from the Tiberius Calendar fol.4r 1025-1050AD]]
Trying to determine how many men would have worn faced neck holes in the 11th century is made more complicated by the stylistic nature of Anglo-Saxon art. After a quick review of the available images of secular men I think that they can be categorised using the following approximations:
*45% show just a simple squiggle to distinguish the top of the tunic.
*5% actually show any detail of the neck hole and of these most just show a rounded edge as in fig.3.
The point I am trying to make here is that statistically we are on shaky ground when it comes to trying to make any kind of recommendation on how popular faced neck holes were during the period. Even in the same image some men are depicted with a faced neck hole whilst another is not, see fig.6. <br>
