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.
Chalkis castle - View of the walls. Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
Winged lion of St Mark (the panel crowned the city-gates). Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph. Donated by de Gex, R. O.?
Winged lion of St Mark (the panel crowned the city-gates). Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
Sculpture (fragments). Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
Winged lion of St Mark (the panel crowned the city-gates). Further annotation survives at the back of the photograph.
Bascinet. The helmet is dated to the late 14th c. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. The helmet is now kept at the Ethnological Museum, Athens.
Bascinet. The helmet is dated to the late 14th c. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. The helmet is now kept at the Ethnological Museum, Athens.
Two bascinets. Both are dated to the late 14th c. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. The pieces are now kept in the Ethnological Museum, Athens.
Two bascinets. Both are dated to the late 14th c. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. The pieces are now kept in the Ethnological Museum, Athens.
Salade (left) - Bascinet (right). Both are dated to the late 14th c. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. The pieces are now kept in the Ethnological Museum, Athens.
Two salades - Both are dated to the late 14th c. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. The pieces are now kept in the Ethnological Museum, Athens.
Two salades. Both are dated to the late 14th c. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. The pieces are now kept in the Ethnological Museum, Athens.
Two salades. Both are dated to the late 14th c. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. The pieces are now kept in the Ethnological Museum, Athens.
View from the west. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from the north-west. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright Robert W.S. Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. The initials 'S.H.B' survive in pencil in the upper right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from north-west This is a commercial photograph. The photograph is initialed:'W.S.G.'(Walter S. George) in the lower right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from the south. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. The initials 'W.H.' survive in pencil in the lower right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives. See also nos: 02/09/07/04 and 02/09/18/01-2 (BRF nos. 02/01/06/54,55,56).
View from the south. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. The initials 'W.H.' survive in pencil in the upper left-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. See also nos: 02/09/07/03 and 02/09/18/01-2 (BRF nos. 02/01/06/53,55,56).
View from the south. The initials 'W.H.' survive in pencil in the upper left-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. See also nos: 02/09/07/04-3 and 02/09/18/02 (BRF nos. 02/01/07/53,54,56).
View from the south. The initials 'W.H.' survive in pencil in the upper left-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. See also nos: 02/09/07/04-3 and 02/09/18/01 (BRF nos. 02/01/07/53,54,55).
View of the east façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. See also no: 02/09/20/02 (BRF no: 02/01/07/60).
Closer View of the east façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. .
View of the east façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. .
South side (closer view). Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. See also no: 02/09/18/03 (BRF no: 02/01/07/57).
Close view from the south-east. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. .
East apse (closer view-detail). Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. .
View of the interior looking to the west gallery. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. .
View from the north-east. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright Robert W.S. Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. The initials 'S.H.B' survive in pencil in the upper right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph..
View from the south-west. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright Robert W.S. Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. The initials 'S.H.B' survive in pencil in the upper right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from the east. The note 'Bought Photo' survives in pencil in the lower left-hand corner. On the basis of the handwriting it could be attributed to R. Weir-Schultz. Further annotation in ink survives at the back of the photograph. See also no: 02/09/23/01 (BRF no 02/01/07/67). Creator unknown.
View from the east. This is the copy of a bought photo. The initials 'W.S.G.' (Walter S. George)survive in pencil in the upper right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. See also no: 02/09/22/01 (BRF no 02/01/07/66). Creator unknown. Date of photo: ca. 1900
View of the interior looking north-east. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the interior looking north-east. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright Robert W.S. Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. The initials 'S.H.B' survive in pencil in the upper right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph..
View of the Interior looking east. The photograph is stamped at the back:'Copyright Robert W.S. Weir & The Byzantine Research & Publication Fund'. The initials 'S.H.B' survive in pencil in the upper right-hand corner. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph..
View from west. Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
West gable. Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
West façade (north end, detail of the marble frieze). Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
West façade (south end, detail of the marble frieze). Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North façade (west end, detail of the marble frieze). Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North façade (east end- detail). Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North façade (east end- detail of the marble frieze). Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from south. Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South façade (east end, detail of the marble frieze). Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South gable. Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from north-east. Furher annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the roof and the dome from the west. A note at the back of the photograph reads: 'Athens, The Russian Church'.
View of the church from south-east. A note at the back of the photograph reads: 'Panagia Lykodemou, Athens', 'View from South-East'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
View from the east (east façade). A note at the back of the photograph reads: 'Panagia Lykodemou, Athens', 'East End'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
View from east. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Heraldic relief closure slab (two lions eat from the tree of knowledge).Now in Byzantine Museum Athens. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.