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.
Plan of the upper part of the church with the five domes. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Plan of the upper part of the church with the five domes. The drawing is entitled: 'Church of the Holy Apostles Thessalonica', It is labelled: 'A Plan through Upper Part of Church & Domes'.
Longitudinal section. The drawing is entitled: 'Church of the Twelve Apostles Salonica'.
Longitudinal section. This is a preliminary drawing.
Longitudital section through south aisle. This is a preliminary drawing. It is entitled: 'Church of the Twelve Apostles Salonica'. It is labelled: 'Long Section Through South Aisle Looking South'.
Longitudital section through south aisle. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Longitudinal section through south ambulatory. This is a preliminary drawing. It is entitled: 'Church of the Holy Apostles Thessalonica'. No. 5. It is labelled: 'Longitudinal Section Through South Ambulatory Looking South'.
Transverse section. This is a preliminary drawing. It is entitled: 'Church of the Twelve Apostles Salonica'.
Transverse section. This is a preliminary drawing.
Transverse section. This is a premilinary Drawing. It is entitled: 'Church of the Holy Apostles Thessalonica'. No. 4. It is labelled: 'Cross Section Looking East'.
West elevation. This is a preliminary drawing. It is entitled: 'Church of the Twelve Apostles Salonica'.
West elevation. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
East elevation. This is a preliminary drawing. It is entitled: 'Church of the Holy Apostles Thessalonica'.
East elevation. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
West elevation - North section. This is a preliminary drawing. It is labelled: 'The Church of the Twelve Apostles Salonica'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
West elevation - North section. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Capitals - Inscription. This is a preliminary drawing. It is labelled: 'The Church of the Twelve Apostles Salonica'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Capitals - Inscription. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Ground plan. Preliminary drawing traced from PL. XXVII in C. Texier, P. Pullan, 'Byzantine Architecture: Examples of Edifices Erected in the East', (London, 1864) and then annotated by W.S. George
Longitudinal section and front elevation of the stalls. Preliminary drawing traced from Pl. .XXVII in C. Texier and P. Pullan, 'Byzantine Architecture: Examples of Edifices Erected in the East', (London, 1864) and annotated by W.S. George
Transverse section - Part of the walling. This is a preliminary drawing. Futher annotation in pencil survives.
Ground plan. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in ink survives.
Transverse section. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in ink survives.
Transverse section. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in pencil survives. The initials W.S.G. survive in the lower right-hand corner.
Part of east elevation - Transverse section. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in ink survives.
Sketch of unidentified part. This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in ink survives.
Ground plan. The drawing is entitled:'Church of St Demetrius Thessalonica'. It is labelled:'A Plan of the Church'. Futher annotation in ink survives. See also drawing BRF no 01/01/06/281
Ground plan. This is a copy of a drawing by A.H.Megaw or of W. George's drawing no.01/08/04/06/01 (BRF no. 01/01/07/257). Further annotation in ink survives.
Lower gallery plan. This is a preliminary drawing. It is labelled in pencil:'Lower Gallery Plan'.
Plan of upper gallery. This is a preliminary drawing. It is labelled in pencil:'Plan of Upper Gallery'.Further annotation in pencil survives. See also drawing no. 01/01/06/283.
Transverse section. The drawing is entitled:'Church of S. Demetrius Thessalonica' No 7. It is labelled:'Section through Transepts Looking East'. Further annotation in ink survives.
Section (south nave arcade, central part). This is a print from Zachos' drawing. It is annotated in ink and pencil. Copyright through Zachos.
West wall of the narthex (east face). This is a print from Zachos' drawing. It is annotated in ink and pencil. Copyright through Zachos.
West elevation. The drawing is numbered in pencil: No 9. Further annotation in pencil survives. The drawing has been later cancelled.
West elevation. The drawing is numbered in pencil: Pl. IIIb. Further annotation in pencil survives.
North elevation - Ground plan. The drawing has been later cancelled. Further annotation in pencil survives.
North elevation - Ground plan. The drawing is entitled in pencil:'Pl. VII The North Façade after the 1917 fire'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
South elevation. The drawing is numbered in pencil: 'Pl. IV b'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
East elevation. The drawing has been cancelled.
East elevation. The drawing is labelled:'Plate VI. The East Façade as seen after the fire of 1917'. Further annotation in ink and pencil survives.
Plan of the lower church. The drawing is entitled:'Plan of the Lower Church'. It is numbered: 'Pl. II'.
Section of the crypt. The drawing is labelled in pencil:'Pl. IX b'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Two sections showing parts of the crypt. The drawing has been cancelled. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Section showing parts of the crypt. The drawing has been cancelled. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Section showing part of the crypt. The drawing is numbered: 'Pl.VIIIb'.
Section showing part of the crypt. The drawing is numbered:'Pl. VIIIc'.
Section showing part of the crypt. The drawing is numbered:'Pl. VIIId'.
General plan of the church. This is a preliminary drawing. It is numbered in ink as 'Fig. 1'. Further annotation in pencil survives.
Roman terrace wall (frg.) - Byzantine court. The drawing is numbered in ink as 'Fig. 2'. It is labelled in ink:'Fragment of a Roman Terrace Wall and a Byzantine Vault in the West Courtyard'.
Plan - Sections (north wall of the narthex). The drawing is numbered in pencil as 'Fig. 3'. It is labelled in pencil:'The North Wall of the Narthex'.