Crisp textile, typically in plain weave, sometimes with a fine crosswise rib and a smooth lustrous surface on both sides, originally of silk, now of various fibers.
This occupation denotes a person appointed by local political authorities who was tasked with gathering taxes from the populace on behalf of the state.
Teodisia was an enslaved woman from the lands of Ruthenians who was resident in Chios during the middle of the fifteenth century. She was eventually manumitted after making a monetary payment to her former slaveholder.