protovestiarius

protovestiarius [protos < πρῶτος+CL vestiarius] , chief keeper of the wardrobe, head chamberlain (in quot. as title of Byzantine official). 1437 oratores miserunt, viz. dominum Dimictium ‥ Paleologum, Methochicim ~ium, dominum Isidorum tunc abbatem S. Dimicii, ‥ (Lit. Imp.) Bekynton II 23.