Divitision

Empress Theodora Watatzes in divitision (right), Byzantine seal of the thirteenth century

Divitision (διβητήσιoν, transliteration: dibētēsion, noun nijakiego) - the basic part of the dress of the representative or the empress of the empress and the empress of Byzantium; a long, stiff, tight silk robe with narrow sleeves reaching the wrists. Imperial divitision was usually dark-black or black. Its tailor-made fit reminds of the jackets and betrays the influence of the East, which strongly influences the late Byzantine fashion, during the Paleolithic reign. The single-layered garments could be decorated with rectangular patches of fabric known as tavlion / tablion, made with techniques such as imperial loros.

The feminine variant of divitision was adorned with pale, fanny sleeves, often falling freely down to the empress's ankles.

Divitision is confused in descriptions of the emperor's dress with a ceremonial chasuble called sakkos, and his female version - with grenade, another robe of the eastern origin. This false identification of the emperor's robe also appears in the works of some prominent Byzantine art and clothing historians (André Grabar, Svetozar Radojčić, Jovan Kovačević). granatza.

Divitision has also embraced the Bulgarian Second Kingdom and the Serbian Kingdom - where the cultural influence of Byzantine increased gradually throughout the Middle Ages, culminating in the reign of Stefan Duszan (1331-1355). The Balkan monarchs wore it in a dark red color. In the southern Slavic fashion divitision was celebrated in Serbia and Bulgaria with richly embroidered pearls, and in the upper part of the sleeveless arm were embroidered ornamented bands called perivrachia (perivrachia) or epimanikon (epimanikon) . The young woman of Empress Simonis (born 1294), wife of Stefan Uroš II Milutina, entered the Serbian court. Bibliography

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