Mount Athos: Staircase to the guest rooms (19th century) in the Hilandar Monastery
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/4728.9674 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Film negative, approximately quarter plate size, an original negative. |
| Dimensions | 10.5 x 8 cm |
| Place |
Hilandar Monastery Mount Athos |
| Dates | 1911 |
| Donor/Creator |
Hasluck, Dr Frederick William |
| Project | Hasluck in Mount Athos 1911 |
| Scope and Content | Part of a series of images taken by F.W. Hasluck during the course of his visit to Mount Athos in 1911. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Athos: Chiliandari, staircase to guest rooms (XIX cent.)". |
| Notes | Date based on Hasluck's visit to Mount Athos to research his book, Mount Athos and its Monasteries (1924). |
| Further information | The Hilandar (or Chilandari) Monastery lies in a wooded valley on the north shore of the peninsula of Mount Athos. Its foundation is attributed to the 12th century Serbian King Stephen Nemanja. Stephen, later became the monk Symeon, obtained a ruined monastery from Vatopedia Monastery (where he was also a benefactor) and rebuilt it. The Slavs of Vatopedia colonised this new monastery. It was subsequently endowed by Serbian nobility and the katholikon rebuilt at the end of the 13th century. When Hasluck visited in 1911, most of the buildings post-dated the fire of 1722. During the Greek War of Independence, Turkish troops were quartered here and it was nearly abandoned by the monks. Hasluck also mentions that the monastery was (in 1911) a poor one and, although the monastery was officially recognised as Serbian, the majority of monks were Bulgarian. Hasluck, F.W. 1924. Athos and its Monasteries, London: Kegan Paul (pp. 141-145) |
| Reference |
1912 JHS 32: 8th accession to 1904 slide catalogue. lxxix.SPHS 9674. Link to article 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 31.SPHS 9674. Link to article 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 73.SPHS 9674. Link to article |