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.
Proskynitarion. The drawing is entitled: 'Monastery Of St Luke Of Stiris Phocis', 'A Detail Of Picture Frames On Piers Dividing Iconostasis Of Small Church'.
Details of architectural members (pillars- bases, heads). The drawing is labelled: 'A: Details Of Pillar & Base, B: Details Of Head 1-6'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Details of the scupture of the iconostasis. The drawing is entitled: 'Monastery Of St luke Of Stiris Phocis', 'Details Of Iconostasis Of Small Church'.
Katholikon, crypt - Details of the iconostasis. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Section of lintel of the iconostasis. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Details of the sculpture of the iconostasis. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Detail of the sculpture of the iconostasis. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. Drawings survive on both sides.
Detail of the sculpture of the iconostasis. This is a preliminary Drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. Drawings survive on both sides.
Detail of the sculpture of the iconostasis. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Detail of the sculpture of the iconostasis. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. Drawings survive on both sides.
Detail of the sculpture of the iconostasis. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. Drawings survive on both sides.
Detail of the sculpture of the iconostasis. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Portions of the iconostasis. The drawing is enititled: 'Monastery of St Luke of Stiris Phocis', 'Portions of the Iconostasis of Great Church'.
Details of the sculpture of the iconostasis. The drawing is entitled: 'Monastery of St Luke of Stiris Phocis', 'Details of Iconostasis of Great Church'.
The font. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Carved lintels. The drawing is entitled: 'Monastery Of St Luke Of Stiris Phocis', 'Carved Lintels Now Built Into Various Walls'.
Katholikon - Inscription in two halves beside the main door between narthex and naos. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Katholikon - Inscription on the inside of the west wall of the church. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Katholikon - Two post-Byzantine inscriptions in the south wall of the church (left) and over the entrance from the prothesis into the bema (right). Further annotation in pencil survives.
Katholikon - post-Byzantine inscription over the entrance from the prothesis into the bema. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Katholikon - post-Byzantine inscription in the south wall of the church. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Ground plan with floor opus sectile. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Details of floor opus sectile. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Details of floor opus sectile. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Details of floor opus sectile. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Details of floor opus sectile. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Narthex - Floor opus sectile. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Narthex - Floor opus sectile. The drawing is entitled: 'Monastery Of St Luke Of Stiris Phocis', 'Plan Of Pavement in Narthex Of Small Church'. Further annotation in ink survives.
Floor opus sectile (detail). The drawing is labelled: 'S Lukes Panagia NE Slab in Pavement'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Bema - Floor opus sectile (detail). Further annotation in pencil and ink survives.
South transept - Floor opus sectile (detail). This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
South transept - Floor opus sectile (detail). This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Bema - Floor opus sectile (detail). The same on the reverse. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. Drawings survive on both sides.
Floor opus sectile. This is a preliminary drawing.
Floor opus sectile.
South transept - Floor opus sectile (detail).
South transept - Floor opus sectile (detail). This is a preliminary Drawing.
Bema - Floor opus sectile (detail). This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Katholikon, bema - Floor opus sectile (detail). This is a preliminary Drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Katholikon, bema - Floor opus sectile (detail). This is a preliminary Drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Ground plan with iconography. The Drawing is entitled: 'Monastery Of St Luke Of Stiris Phocis'. Further annotation in ink survives.
Katholikon, narthex - Marble revetment and mosaic decoration.
Katholikon, narthex - North window, Mosaics over west side. The Drawing is labelled as follows: 'Mosaics over West Side - North Window of Narthex'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Katholikon, narthex - South window, Mosaics over west side. The Drawing is labelled as follows: 'Mosaics over West Side - South Window of Narthex'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Narthex, Mosaic cross in central vault. Further annotation in ink survives.
North transept (west wall) - Mosaic of Hossios Loukas.
Narthex (east wall) - Detail of the scene of the Anastasis (Head of Prophet-King Solomon). Further annotation in pencil survives.
Katholikon (west wall) - Marble revetment and mosaics. Further annotation in pencil survives.
North transept (east wall) - Marble revetment, Mosaic decoration, the Shrine of the saint. The drawing is labelled as follows: 'East Wall of North Transept With Shrine Of St Luke'.
South wall - Marble revetment. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.