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.
View of the east apse. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the east apse, south part (detail). Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the interior looking east. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the interior looking east. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the interior from the gallery looking east. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the interior looking east. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the interior looking north-west. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the interior looking north-west. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the interior looking north-east Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
The shrine of Hossios Loukas. 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.
View from the east. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the castle and the town from south-west. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
The castle - View from the south with landscape. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
The castle - View from the south with part of the town. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
The castle - View from the south with part of the town. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
The castle - View from the south with part of the town. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
The castle - View from the east with part of the town. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from the west. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from the west. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from the west. Further annotation 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.
Narthex - Head of Christ. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Nave (squinch) - The Nativity Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Katholikon, nave (squinch) - The Presentation in the Temple. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Nave (squinch) - The Nativity. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. BSA 1936 Exhibition no. 464, see: Exhibition Catalogue Entry.
Nave (squinch) - The Nativity (detail). Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Nave (squinch) - The Presentation of Christ to the Temple (detail). Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Nave (squinch) - The Baptism. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Capital. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Nave (squinch) - The Presentation of Christ to the Temple. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Katholikon, nave (squinch) - The Baptism. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Katholikon, nave - Head of Saint in medallion. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South window with relief panels. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Iconostasis. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Part of the frame of the proskynitarion. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Treasury - Processional crosses. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Encased skulls from the treasury. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Distant view of the churches from south-east. Further annotaion in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Katholikon - Ground plan with iconography written in Greek. St Luke written in pencil survives at the back.
Close view of east end (south part). The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
Detail of west façade (upper part). The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
The templon. This is a Hellenic Society photograph (H.S. 2875). It is initialed (A.J.B.W.) and annotated in pencil at the back.
The templon (closer view). This is a Hellenic Society photograph (H.S. 2876). It is initialed (A.J.B.W.) and annotated in pencil at the back.
The west end from the north. This is a Hellenic Society photograph (H.S. 2841). It is initialed (A.J.B.W.) and annotated in pencil at the back.
View of the basilica and of the small nearby chapel. This is a Hellenic Society photograph (H.S. 2840). It is initialed (A.J.B.W.) and annotated in pencil at the back.
Window-jambs, various architectural members. This is a Hellenic Society photograph (H.S. 2847). It is initialed (A.J.B.W.) and annotated in pencil at the back.
Column capitals from west end. This is a Hellenic Society photograph (H.S. 2848). It is initialed (A.J.B.W.) and annotated in pencil at the back.