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.
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.
South-west view. Annotation in pencil on the back of the photo: H.S. 6219, Geraki, S. Athanasios, F.W.H. H.S.= Hellenic Society negative number
North view. Annotation in pencil on the back of the photo: H.S. 6220, Geraki, Lacoina, S. Athanasios, F.W.H. H.S.= Hellenic Society negative number
East view. Annotation in pencil on the back of the photo: H.S. 6249, Geraki, Lacoina, S. Nicolaos, F.W.H. H.S.= Hellenic Society negative number. The church has been misidentified by as Hagios Nikolaos.
Shrine in the north interior wall. Annotation in pencil on the back of the photo: H.S. 2890, Geraki, H. Gerogios, A.J.B. Wace. H.S.= Hellenic Society negative number
South-east view. Annotation in pencil on the back of the photo: H.S. 6248, Geraki, Laconia, S Chrystostomos, F.W.H. H.S.= Hellenic Society negative number
South long-distant view. Annotation in pencil on the back of the photo: H.S. 6247, Geraki, Panagia Theotokos, F.W.H. H.S.= Hellenic Society negative number
Shrine of Hagia Paraskevi. Annotation in pencil on the back of the photo: H.S. 2888, Geraki, Ag. Paraskeve ,A.J.B.W. H.S.= Hellenic Society negative number
South-west view. Annotation in pencil on the back of the photo: H.S. 2900, Geraki, Lacoina, H. Sozon, A.J.B.W. H.S.= Hellenic Society negative number. The church has been misidentified as Hagios Sozon.
Detail of west door - The pointed arch. Annotation in pencil on the back of the photo: H.S. 2889, Geraki, Zoodockos Pege. H.S.= Hellenic Society negative number
North-east view. Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
Narthex south wall: Fresco decoration in the tomb niche of Laskaris Chatzikis (1445). Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph. See also photo no: 02/05/35/01 (BRF no 02/01/14/012).
Narthex south wall: Fresco decoration in the tomb niche of Laskaris Chatzikis (1445). ################
West view. 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.
Column (close view of the capital). Further annotation in pencil survives at the back of the photograph.
North-east view. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
South-east view. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
Interior looking south-west. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
Interior looking south-east. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
North chapel (narthex), Tomb-niche of Thedore II Palaiologos (d. 1443). The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
South-west chapel: Detail of imperial decree. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
South-west chapel: Detail of imperial decree. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
East façade. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
View of the interior looking east. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
Carved marble slans in the nave. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
East façade. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
View of the interior looking west. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
Distant view from south-east. The photogaph is annotated in pencil at the back. See also BRF 02/01/14/029 with old archive no: 02/05/22/01
Distant view from south-east. The photogaph is annotated in pencil at the back. See also BRF no 02/01/14/018 with old archive no: 02/05/21/01
Closer view of the town from the Metropolis. The photogaph is annotated in pencil at the back. See also BRF no 02/01/14/031 with old archive no 02/05/24/01
Closer view of the town from the Metropolis. The photogaph is annotated in pencil at the back. See also BRF no 02/01/14/030 with old archive no 02/05/23/01 .
View of the palace. The photograph is signed 'W. Leaf' in pencil at the back. Leaf was possible the donor of the photo but not the creator. Further annotation in pencil survives.
View of the palace. The photograph is signed 'W. Leaf' in pencil on the back. Leaf was possibly the donor of the photo and not the creator. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Relief of Christ. The photograph is annotated in pencil on the back.
East façade. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
East façade. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
East façade. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
North-east view. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
East façade (close view). The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
East apse, detail of the carving. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
East apse, detail of the carving. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
Carved panel over the lintel of south door. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
Carved panel over the lintel of the north door. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
View of the interior looking east. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
General view. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
Iconostasis (detail). The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
View of the interior of the dome. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.