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.
Dancing next to the north side of the church. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Dancing close to the north side of the church. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Piscina (?) in the main church. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Piscina (?) in the south chapel. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South-west view. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from the east. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Interior view: the dome. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the interior to the east. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
West façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Window on south side (close view). Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North-west view. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
West façade - Door to first floor. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
East façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Interior view of the narthex. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Capital in the narthex. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View of the interior looking east. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
View from south-east. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North gable (detail of the window). Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
East façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
West façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North-west angle. 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 façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South-east view. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Detail of the dome. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Interior view of the narthex with the proskynitarion. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Interior view of the nave. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South-west view of both churches. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. See also photo no. 02/04/20/01 (BRF no 02/01/13/024).
North façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. See also photo no. 02/04/19/04 (BRF no 02/01/13/023).
East façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
East end - Interior view. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
West end, south side (bracket). Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
West end, north side (bracket). Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
West façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
West façade (south-west view). Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South-west angle (buttness). Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North façade. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North façade (detail of window). Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
East end. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Interior view of the nave. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Frankish coat arms over door. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
General view. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
The Hegoumenos of the monastic community with unidentified pilgrim. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
General view. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
General view. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North side. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
South side. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.