417: The Old Metropolis (Cathedral): Plan

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/3/1/18
Level Item
Dimensions 33.9 x 24.3 cm
Dates 1888?
Donor/Creator Weir Schultz, Mr Robert
Barnsley, Mr Sidney Howard
Scope and Content BRF 01/01/01/029. Colour illustration entitled "The Cathedral Athens Plan" in the upper left corner. There is a Byzantine Research Fund copyright stamp towards the upper right corner, with the original archive number written in. There is a scale bar at the bottom, and further annotations of parts of the building. The original description in the catalogue reads: "The Old Metropolis (Cathedral): Panaghia Gorgoepekoös, also called St Eleutherios. It probably dates from the 9th century. The walls contain a mass of fragments of classical and early Byzantine sculpture. The church is small for a cathedral, but Byzantine Athens was not a large place. Section and plan."
Notes BRF 01/01/01/031 also has an image of the plan, see related records
Related records [BRF/1/1/1/29], Panagia Gorgoepikoos, 1888?
[BRF/1/1/1/31], Panagia Gorgoepikoos, 1888?