Origins of The Term
The term fofudja long remained unknown to the general public of Ukraine and Russia. The word was quite obscure and was not included in several editions of orthographic dictionaries either in Ukraine or Russia.
According to the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, fofudja (Greek: φουφουδότης) (Russian: фофудья) is an oriental precious cloth woven with gold thread and often used in ceremonial garments in the Byzantine Empire during the time of Kievan Rus and similar to an ephod. Fofudjawas was mentioned as a form of payment in the 12th century birch bark documents found in the Veliky Novgorod excavation. Fofudja was mentioned in the Radziwiłł Chronicle in the 13th century when Leo VI the Wise rewarded Oleg of Novgorod with gold, fofudja and other items. The term is mentioned again when Vladimir II Monomakh distributed fofudja, among other goods, to the people on their way to the church.
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