Contact with the Byzantine Empire was robust, especially during the later part of the Merovingian period. Here is a website that details how to reconstruct an extant Byzantine shirt from an archaeological find in Turkey. I wish we had more extant garments to base our research on.
Byzantine Shirt from Turkish grave site
Dark T-Shirt $23.99
Long Sleeve Dark T-Shirt $27.99
Men's Fitted T-Shirt (dark) $25.99
Organic Men's T-Shirt (dark) $26.99
Organic Men's Fitted T-Shirt (dark) $27.99
Men's Dark Tank Top $19.99
Women's Dark T-Shirt $24.99
Women's Long Sleeve Dark T-Shirt $27.99
Women's V-Neck Dark T-Shirt $23.99
Women's Plus Size Scoop Neck Dark T-Shirt $28.99
Women's Plus Size V-Neck Dark T-Shirt $28.99
Maternity Dark T-Shirt $27.99
Organic Women's T-Shirt (dark) $27.99
Organic Women's Fitted T-Shirt (dark) $25.99
Women's Fitted T-Shirt (dark) $24.99
Junior Jersey T-shirt (dark) $24.99
3/4 Sleeve T-shirt (Dark) $27.50
Hoodie (dark) $37.99
Zip Hoodie (dark) $42.99
Sweatshirt (dark) $32.99
Kids Dark T-Shirt $21.99
Organic Kids T-Shirt (dark) $26.99
Junior Jersey T-shirt (dark) $24.99
Organic Toddler T-Shirt (dark) $25.99
Men's Dark Pajamas $31.99
Thank you for that link! I have been making my regular shifts with a similar construction in the gores (with the top of the gore going up into the sleeve), and I really like it. It is very comfortable, and easier to deal with than a gusset in my experience. But I didn’t have any information on that construction type as it was a suggestion from my roommate as a period construction method, and now I have something to go on.
Hi! I just found your blog.
Since you found Peter Beatson’s article about the Manazan shirt interesting, you may be equally interested in seeing my photographs of the shirt I made using his directions. This entry from my blog has the best photographs of the completed shirt and there is a good closeup of the neck area in this post.