416: The Church of the Holy Apostles: Elevation

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/3/1/16
Level Item
Dates 1888-1890
Donor/Creator Weir Schultz, Mr Robert
Barnsley, Mr Sidney Howard
Scope and Content BRF 01/01/01/019. Colour illustration showing the elevation of a church. The top is finished only in pencil. There are some pencil annotations, including "Church of the apostles. athens" in the upper left corner. To the lower right is a Byzantine Research Fund copyright stamp; the lower of these has the original archive number written in. The original description in the catalogue reads: "The Church of the Holy Apostles. - The trefoil plan of this church is derived from an early oriental type, e.g. the Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem. It is found fairly frequently at this time in Greece, particularly in the north; this example shows the form grafted on to the Greek Cross type. Constructionally it is related to the Churches of Holy Luke and St. Nicodemos, and is dated by Megaw to the first quarter of the 11th century. Elevation."
Related records [BRF/1/1/1/19], Hagioi Apostoloi tou Solaki, 1888-1890