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.
Gallery plan of the two churches. This is a print of a published gallery plan of the two churches. It is labelled in Greek: 'Α Ο ναός του οσίου Λουκά', 'Β Ο ναός της Θεοτόκου'.
Ground plan. This is a preliminary drawing. It consists of two parts. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Plan of the holy bema (central apse). This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. On the reverse: Part of dated lithograph (28/12/1895) of unknown buildings. P.Rodeck (1896-1897) also contributed on drawings of this church.
Part of the ground plan of the church. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Ground plan. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Plan of the forecourt of the church. This is a preliminary drawing. It is entitled in ink: 'Hosios Loukas: Forecourt of the Smaller Church'. Further annotation in pencil survives. Lower right corner signed by Rodeck in ink, "Pieter Rodeck, measured and drawn on the [spot], August 9, 1897"
Lomgitudinal section. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Part of cross section. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Part of longitudinal section (?). This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Part of longitudinal section(?) This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Cross section. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. Sketches of unidentified architectural members survive on the reverse.
Part of cross section. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Cross section with iconography. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Cross section. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Cross section with iconography. The drawing is entitled in ink: 'Monastery of St Luke of Stiris Phocis - Cross Section Looking East Through Great Church and Crypt and Exo-Narthex of Small Church'.
South elevation. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. An unfinished sketch (part of a window) survives at the back.
Panagia church - East elevation. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Panagia church - East elevation. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Dome window (detail) (left half of the drawing), South elevation (right half of the drawing). The drawing is entitled in ink: 'A Detail of Dome of Small Church' and 'South Elevation of Small Church'.
Bricks with pseudo-Kufic ornaments. The drawing is entitled in ink:' Monastery of St Luke of Stiris Phocis' It is labelled in ink:'Details of Brick Ornamentation on External Walls of Small Church'.
West elevation of the two churches (north part). This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. A sketch of the same part of the church survives at the back.
West elevation of the two churches (south part). This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Katholikon - North elevation. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. A sketch of a unidentified church survives in the upper left-hand corner.
Katholikon - South elevation. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
East elevation. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
West elevation. This is a preliminary drawing.
Section through Panagia church looking south - North elevation of the Katholikon. This is a preliminary drawing.
South elevation. This is a preliminary drawing.
East elevation. This is a preliminary drawing.
West elevation. The drawing is entitled in ink: 'Monastery of St. Luke of Stiris Phocis', 'West Elevation of the Two Churches'.
East elevation. The drawing is entitled in ink:'Monastery of St Luke of Stiris Phocis', 'East Elevation of the Two Churches'.
South elevation. The drawing is entitled in ink:'Monastery of St Luke of Stiris Phocis', 'South Elevation of the Great Church'.
North elevation (detail) - Three-light window. This is a preliminary drawing.
North elevation (detail) - Three-light window. This is a preliminary drawing.
North elevation (detail) - Three-light window. This is a preliminary drawing.
Plan of the crypt. This is a preliminary drawing.
Plan of the crypt. The drawing is entitled in ink: 'Monastery of St Luke of Stiris Phocis', 'Plan of Crypt under Great Church'.
Crypt - Longitudinal section with iconography. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Crypt - Detail of the arches. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Capitals and columns of the iconostasis of the crypt. This is a preliminary drawing. It is entitled in ink: 'Detail of Iconostasis of Crypt'. Further annotation in pencil survives. On the reverse: A cancelled drawing of Hagios Merkourios in ink.
Crypt - Inlay ornament on top of tomb slab. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in ink survives.
Crypt - Inlay ornament on top of tomb slab. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Crypt - Inlay ornament on top of tomb slab. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Upper row: Ground plan of the refectory and present buildings. Lower row: Elevation of the north wall (left) - Capitals of columns in windows (right). This is a preliminary drawing. It is labelled in ink: 'Plan Showing Original Refectory and Present Buildings', 'Elevation of North Wall' and 'Capitals of Columns in Windows'. Further annotation in ink survives.
Capital of the north-west or south-east pillar. The drawing is labelled: 'S. Luke. N Side Capital'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Capital of the south-west or the north-east pillar. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Capital of the north-west or the south-east pillar. The drawing is labelled: 'S. Luke. S Side Capital'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Capital of the north-west or the south-east pillar. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Capital of the north-west or the south-east pillar. On the reverse: Capital of the north-east or the south-west pillar. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. An unfinished sketch of a capital survives at the back.
Capital. Further annotation in pencil survives.