About the BRF Collection
The Byzantine Research Fund Archive (BRF) is a unique collection of architectural drawings, photographs and notebooks created from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century by a small team of British architects trained in the Arts & Crafts tradition whose studies of Byzantium shaped the Byzantine Revival in later years.
The collection contains over 1,500 drawings and 1,000 photographs, numerous notebooks and the corporate records associated with the Byzantine Research and Publication Fund, the original body created in 1907 to support this work. Although the Fund was associated with the BSA from the time it was founded, it was not until 1937 that the BSA formerly took over the property and operation of it. The BRF Archive contains records of Byzantine monuments in Greece, Turkey, Italy, the Near East, Egypt, and Cyprus. In some cases, the collection contains the only record of a monument before its destruction in modern times, the most important example being the church of Hagios Demetrios in Thessalonike which was almost completely destroyed in the Great Fire of 1917 shortly after being recorded by one of the BRF architects, Walter Sykes George. It also contains personal records of the following architects; Robert Weir Schultz, Sidney Howard Barnsley, Walter Sykes George, William Harvey, Harold Swainson, Peter Gus Corbett, and A.H.S (Peter) Megaw. The aspirations of the BRF Archive Project today are to make these materials accessible to a wide range of researchers.
The ambo (fragment, the Magi and the Shepherds). The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright R.W.S.Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
The ambo (fragment, the Magi). The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright R.W.S.Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
The ambo (fragment, the Magi). The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright R.W.S.Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
The Palaiologan propylon. The photograph is stamped at the back: 'Copyright R.W.S.Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. It is initialed 'S.H.B' in pencil in the lower right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives. Taken after fire of Aug. 23, 1890
View from the west. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright R.W.S.Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. It is initialed 'S.H.B' in pencil in the lower right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives. Taken after fire of Aug. 23, 1890
View from the south. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright R.W.S.Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. It is initialed 'S.H.B' in pencil in the upper right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives.Taken after the Fire on Aug. 23, 1890
Nave column with wind-blown capital. Further annotation in pencil survives. See also no. 02/10/26/01 (BRF no 02/01/07/111).
Nave column with wind-blown capital. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright R.W.S.Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. It is initialed 'S.H.B' in pencil in the upper left-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives. See also no. 02/10/25/01 (BRF no 02/01/07/110).
Galleries (south-west corner bay)-Column with ionic impost capital. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright R.W.S.Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. It is initialed 'S.H.B' in pencil in the lower right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives. See also no. 02/10/27/01 (BRF no 02/01/07/113).
Galleries (south-west corner bay)-Column with ionic impost capital. Further annotation in pencil survives. See also no. 02/10/26/02 (BRF no 02/01/07/112).
Galleries (south-west corner bay)-Column with ionic impost capital. Further annotation in pencil survives. See also no. 02/10/29/01 (BRF no 02/01/07/115).
Galleries (south-west corner bay)-Column with ionic impost capital. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright R.W.S.Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. It is initialed 'S.H.B' in pencil in the lower right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives. See also no. 02/10/28/01 (BRF no 02/01/07/114).
South gallery, tympanum arcade-Column with ionic impost capital. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright R.W.S.Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. It is initialed 'S.H.B' in pencil in the upper left-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives. See also no. 02/10/28/01 (BRF no 02/01/07/114).
Katholikon - The shrine of Hossios Loukas. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Katholikon, narthex - The Washing of the Feet. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Katholikon, narthex - The Crucifixion. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Katholikon, narthex - The Incredibility of Thomas. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Katholikon, narthex - The Anastasis. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Katholikon, narthex - The Anastasis. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
General view. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. Donated by Leaf. W?
View of landscape from the walls. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. Donated by Leaf. W?
View of the interior. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. Donated by Leaf. W?
South-vest view. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Dancing next to the north side of the church. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South-east view of the church. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South-west view of the church. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North-east view of the church. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
The fresco decoration of the east apse of the church. The notes (in pencil) : 'Church of S. Andrew', Athens' and 'W. Leaf, Duplicate' survive at the back. Furhter annotation in pencil survives.
View from the north (north façade). This is a photograph of the Hagioi Apostoloi church before restoration. A note survives at the back: 'Agios Apostoloi, Athens (Church of the Holy Apostles), NortH.S.ide 1890.
View of the interior of the church. View of the holy bema of the church from the south door. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from west. (west façade). Noteworthy is the street-level. A note at the back reads: 'Kapnikarea Church - View from West'. Furher annotation in pencil survives.
View from south-west. Noteworthy is the street-level. Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from south-east. Noteworthy is the street-level. Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the katholikon from north-east. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the funerary chapel from the east. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
View inside the monastic enclosure with pilgrims. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the interior of the katholikon looking north-east. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
The Entry into Jerusalem (katholikon, nave). Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
The Cruxifixion (katholikon, nave). Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
The Cruxifixion (katholikon, nave) Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
Second capital from west end (north side). The capital in the nave have been reused from an early-Byzantine basilica and date to the 5th century. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph. This is a larger copy of photo no. 02/02/34/02.
Second capital from west end (north side). The capital in the nave have been reused from an early-Byzantine basilica and date to the 5th century. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
South-east chapel, corbel. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
South-east chapel, corbel. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
South-east chapel, corbel. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
South-east chapel, corbel. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
South-east chapel, corbel. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
North-east chapel, vault. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
Landscape with the castle - View of the south end of font. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.