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.
West front. This is a Hellenic Society photograph. It is numbered (H.S. 1804) and annotated in pencil at the back. Dyer?(donor), Macmillan and L
Detail of arch. This is a Hellenic Society photograph. It is numbered (H.S. 1805) and annotated in pencil at the back. Dyer?(donor), Macmillan and L
East end. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
View of the monastery. This is a Hellenic Society photograph. It is numbered (H.S. 1788) and annotated in pencil at the back.
North tower (west front). This is a Hellenic Society photograph. It is numbered (H.S. 1808) and annotated in pencil at the back. Dyer?(donor), Macmillan and L
South side. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back.
Distant view. This is a commercial photograph. Creator unknown.
View of the iconostasis. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back. Creator unknown.
South view. The photograph is mounted and framed. It is signed and dated in ink at the back. Further annotation in ink survives.
East façade. The photograph is mounted and framed. It is signed and dated in ink at the back. Further annotation in ink survives.
South-east view. The photograph is mounted and framed. It is signed and dated in ink at the back. Further annotation in ink survives.
East façade. The photograph is mounted and framed. It is signed and dated in ink at the back. Further annotation in ink survives.
General view. The photograph is dated and annotated in pencil at the back.
General view. The photograph is dated and annotated in pencil at the back.