Depicts the view of the city, with the Stain building at the background. No caption.

Depicts the view of the city, with the Stain building at the background. There is an arrow drawn in the photograph, pointing the building. Handwritten caption “P. O. Opposite Flokas”.

Depicts a monastery, probably at Thessaloniki. No caption.

Depicts the ruins of a gateway, probably near Thessaloniki. No caption.

Depicts one of the entrances of the city. No caption.

Depicts one of the sides of the ancient wall of Thessaloniki. No caption.

Depicts the Thessaloniki wall. No caption.

Depicts the view of the medieval castle at Thessaloniki. No caption.

Depicts the view of the wall of Thessaloniki from one of the sides. No caption.

Depicts the religious building, at Thessaloniki, from afar. Handwritten caption “St. Sophia”.

Depicts the religious building, at Thessaloniki. Handwritten caption “St. Nicholas The Orphan”.

Depicts the streets of Thessaloniki. No caption.

Coloured Map. Hellenic Military version of Kokkidis-Kiepert Map: II. Λαρισσα

Addressed as from "Lianokhladi and onward" [Lianokládhion]. Includes descriptions of the journey and of John’s companions (Radford, [Sylvia Benton], Mrs Hett) and their behaviour, giving his address in Salonika [Thessaloniki] and details of Heurtley's excavation (at Molyvropyrgos, Macedonia).

Written from Salonika [Thessaloníki] where they were getting excavation supplies, describing the excavation that John was working on (around 1.5 miles from an American excavation at Olynathos at a place called Meciberna/Molyvopyrgos) and Salonika [Thessaloníki]. John also mentions that he had been feeling unwell because the weather was so hot; he had decided not to publish his catalogue of Egyptian finds in Greece [‘Aegyptiaca’] that year because there were more currently unpublished items which he could include; that he had managed to get a copy of ‘Tanagra Figures’ by Wilfrane Hubbard in Athens; and that their diggers [for the excavation at Meciberna/Molyvopyrgos] were likely to talk in a dialect that John didn’t know because they were refugees. Additionally asks Herbert if he had received enlargements of his best photos [of objects for ‘Aegyptiaca’] and mentions that it had been too snowy to visit the Dictaean cave (near Psychro [Psychron]) in Crete.

Written at Molyvopyrgos, and posted in Salonika [Thessaloníki]. About progress on the excavation [at Meciberna/Molyvopyrgos in Chalkidiki], archaeological finds, cold weather (asking Herbert to “tell Dicky I haven’t undressed for four days!”), that the journey there was difficult as they had to push the car up every hill, and that he would be sorry to leave as the men were “delightful” including one who had adopted John. Also criticising an excavation by [David] Robinson [under the American School of Classical Studies] in Olynthus, which John describes as “probably the worst dig in history”. John labelled the letter as written on “Sunday 18th”, and it is annotated by [a later hand] as March.

Written at Myriophyto, Chalkidiki. About progress on digging trial pits at Myriophyto (Hagios Mamas near Olynthos) including finding vases “which succeed in giving a lot of evidence for the Anatolian origin of the Greek race”, the journey through floods from Molyvopyrgos to get there, their accommodation in a house belonging to “Professor Ridgeway”, plans to either excavate another mound on the way or Salonika [Thessaloníki] or go straight to Salonika [Thessaloníki] when they finished. John also mentions that he waded into the Olynthos river to photograph “Refugees or the Tribal Migration” [see PEN 2/2/1/272 for the photograph], that Radford [part of excavating party for the BSA] talked too much, and the weather had improved.

Written from the Goring Hotel [London] and [the Orient Express train to Greece], just after John and Hilda’s wedding. About their luggage, giving their addresses (Hotel Majestic, Athens and Hotel Majestic, Salonika [Thessaloníki]), hoping everyone had enjoyed the wedding and that they got home safely, and saying how nice he thought it was. Also telling Herbert that they had dined at Claridges (and were the only ones there); asking him to write to Pat [Shackleton] at George’s and find out how much John owed him, to let him know how “the old man” was, to give Dickie [Mabel Dickinson] his love and “tell her to be good”, and to give Will his love and a golf club. Undated, but annotated [in a later hand] as “September 1928”.

Sent from Hotel Majestic, Athens. Informing Herbert that he and Hilda had arrived back in Athens from their honeymoon in the Peloponnese, and were setting off to Salonika [Thessaloníki] in 2 days (there was a slight risk of Dengue fever but they weren’t too worried because there was an international fair on and so it should be taken care of, or they would be “in good hands” if they did get it). Also telling Herbert that a letter from him with enclosures from [Arthur] Evans and SC [Roberts] had not arrived but he had written to Evans and SC [Roberts]; that John had letters from SC [Roberts] to Herbert and from Nikolaos Saradakis (Pachyammos [Pacheía Ámmos], Crete) wishing them good luck [with the wedding]; and that he had bumped his head badly in the car on the way back to Athens from Xylokastro [Xilókastron]. Additionally asking Herbert to give John a catalogue when SC [Roberts] had finished with it.

Sent from Hotel Majestic, Athens. Informing Herbert that his letter with enclosures [from Arthur Evans and SC [Roberts] had just arrived with a letter from Dickie [Mabel Dickinson] to Hilda. They had been held up as they did have enough or any stamps on. Telling Hebert about a book that Hilda had got of Greek scenery and architecture with James Frazer’s signature inside (dated 1899); asking if he had got books by [Heinrich] Schliemann on Troy and Tiryns; and telling him they were leaving for Salonika [Thessaloníki] the next day.

Sent from Hotel Majestic, Salonika [Thessaloníki]. Telling Herbert they had arrived and started work on [sorting out the sherds from the excavation in Chalkidiki, Mar-Apr 1928], the Heurtley’s [Walter and Eileen] had already arrived but Mrs Heurtley had malaria, and [R W] Hutchinson [‘the Squire’] was also there; about sending letters to the right address, the weather, that they had not had Dengue fever but had heard of 5 cases of bubonic [plague] in Athens, and plans to stay in Salonika [Thessaloníki] until the 20th [of Oct].

Sent from Hotel Majestic, Salonika [Thessaloníki]. About work with sherds [from the excavation in Chalkidiki, Mar-Apr 1928], that they had driven to see a mound that [Walter] Heurtley wanted to excavate in the Spring, and telling Herbert that he had received his letter and [answering questions] by informing him that: he and Hilda were returning to Athens on the 20th [of Oct]; they had been readmitted [to the BSA] but not made life members; and Hilda is from Lancashire with Irish ancestry. Also asks about books he had given to a binder, for Herbert to send [‘Travels and Researches in Crete’] by Spratt to Athens, and jokes in response to Herbert writing that a tough man in a 15 year old Rolls Royce full of bloodcurdling stories of Kenya had turned up (jokes that it would be cheaper than petrol). Additionally recounting a letter of complaint John had written to the Haymarket [Hotel, London] who had repaired his watch, and telling Herbert about his photos of Arcadia and that Hilda had a cold.

Sent from Hotel Majestic, Salonika [Thessaloníki]. About the work John and Hilda were doing drawing sherds, plans to travel back to Athens and meet [Stephen] Glanville in Piraeus on his way to Egypt, and for John and Hilda to go to Egypt later. Also thanking Herbert for his letters and asking him to send typescripts of his catalogue [‘Aegyptiaca’] to the BSA. Additionally telling Herbert about an offer Hilda had from Winifred Lamb to excavate at Mitylene [Lésvos]; that they had been to the [international] exhibition in Salonika [Thessaloníki] and bought Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian and Croatian embroideries; they were going to see the ‘Oresteia’ [trilogy of Greek tragedies] featuring Marika Kotopouli; and Hilda had recovered from Malaria.

Written in Piraeus whilst John was waiting for [Stephen] Glanville, with a note added at the end that Glanville and [Alan] Shorter were 4 hours late, they had lunch and then John took them to the Acropolis. Giving news of people connected to the BSA and telling Herbert that he and Hilda were doing work, Hilda had begun working on a catalogue of Aegean [archaeological finds] in Crete, they were travelling to Egypt on the Khedivial Mail [steam ship] and would be staying at the Windsor Hotel in Cairo, the weather was cool in Athens and the BSA was “a very pleasant place”, and that [Stephanos] Xanthoudides (Director of the Candia museum) had died so John didn’t think he would get the photographs he had asked for. Of people connected to the BSA John states: [Winifred] Lamb had gone to Mitylene [Lésvos, to excavate] “in a great fuss”, [George Francis] Hill [Keeper of Coins and Medals department, British Museum] was staying at the school, [Bernard] Ashmole [from the British School at Rome] was staying at the [American School of Classical Studies], and [Walter] Heurtley was arriving back from Salonica [Thessaloníki]. Also thanking Herbert for his letter and [‘Travels and Researches in Crete’] by Spratt, asks Herbert to get [‘Troy and its remains’] by [Heinrich] Schliemann, and says that he and Hilda got a book of plates illustrating Aegean decorative art which they were annotating.

Sent from Hotel Majestic, Salonika [Thessaloníki].

Sent from Hotel Majestic, Salonika [Thessaloníki].

Sent from Hotel Majestic, Salonika [Thessaloníki].

Sent from Hotel Majestic, Salonika [Thessaloníki].

The beginning of the volume contains a section of “essays 1920” by John with comments and marks in a different hand [the book was previously used as a school book]. The essays are “The Themistocles, a newly discovered Dialogue of Plato written in a late and degraded style” (a handwritten dialogue between Eumenes and Critias) and “From the Annals of John Silent” (an essay about Oliver Cromwell). The main body of the volume is a travel-log entitled “John’s Trip to Greece with Mr Cullen, Easter 1923” comprising dated extracts of letters from John to Herbert Pendlebury about the trip (2 Apr – 4 May 1923) [copied out by Herbert Pendlebury], with small photographs [added later]. Extracts from a letter written from Athens (10 Apr) describe the journey through France (Paris), Switzerland (Lausanne), Italy (Dommodosola, Milan including the Cathedral, Lakes Como and Maggiore, plain of Lombardy, Venice), Yugoslavia (Serbia, Belgrade, South Serbia [region of Yugoslavia], Skopje), Guevgueli [Gevgelija] on the border with Greece, Salonika [Thessaloníki], Mount Olympos, the Vale of Tempe, Pelion, Ossa, Thessaly including Larissa [Lárisa], and Thermopylae [Thermopílai] (including seeing Mount Oeta). An extract also mentions a postcard from Zagreb [Croatia]. Further extracts from the letter (10 Apr) also describe arriving in Athens, going to the British School at Athens, meeting [Alan] Wace; visiting the Acropolis, the Acropolis Museum, Dipylon Gate and Cemetery and the Theseion; a day trip walking from Megara [Mégara] to Minoa and Nisaea, across Salamis [Salamís] and along the coast of Attica to Pireaus; a day trip to Prasias [modern Porto Rafti, Markopoúlou, Órmos], Laureion [Lávrion], Thorikos and walking back to Athens over Hymettos [Imittós Óros] (the trip was supposed to include Sounion but their car broke down); and climbing Lycabettos [Mount Lycabettus]. Extracts from further letters describe visiting the National Museum in Athens (including descriptions of rooms and work that Alan Wace was doing in the museum); seeing Lebadea [Levádhia], Delium, Tanagra, Thebae [Thebes], Haliartos and Goulas; travelling on to Livadhia [Levádhia], Mount Helicon, Stiris Monastery (where they ate and stayed the night), Schiste, Arracova [Arákhova], and Delphi (including descriptions of the archaeological site and museum); a boat trip to Patras [Pátrai] then travelling on to Olympia (including description of archaeological site), Anduvtiana, Greka [Graíkas], Andritsana [Andrítsiana], Bassae, Kalamata [Kalámai], Sparta, Langada Gorge, Trypi [Trípi], Mistra [Mistrás], Tripolis [Trípolis], Argos [Árgos], Tiryus, Nauplia [Náfplio], Epidauros [Epídhavros], the Heraion [of Argos], Mycenae (staying at the Belle Helene, [Alan] Wace showing them tombs, describing the archaeological sites), Corinth, Eleusis [Elefsína] and back to Athens; Marousi (climbing Pentelies); the boat journey from Pireaus, stopping in Corfu, then catching the train from Brindisi to Boulogne, and arriving back in London via Dover on the 4 May.

Comprising a travel-log compiled by John Pendlebury containing photographs and details of the journeys and excursions from London to Athens (25 Oct – 11 Nov, via Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade and Constantinople [Istanbul]); Thessaly (22 – 29 Nov, including Chalais [Khalkís], Eretria [Erétria], Volo [Vólos], Kalabaka [Kalambáka], Meteora Monasteries [Metéora], Larissa [Lárisa], Vale of Tempe); Phyle [Filí] (30 Nov); the Argolid (9 – 14 Dec, Mycenae, Tiryns, Nauplia [Náfplio]); walking the boundary wall between Athens and Eleusis [Elefsína] to Daphni [Dhafní] (29 Dec); a 2nd trip to the Argolid (5-12 Jan, Nauplia [Náfplio], Kasarmi [Kazárma], Kato Phanari [Dryópi], Poros [Póros], Kalauria [archaeological site on Póros], Dhamala [Troizín], Hermione [Ermióni], Aegina); the Cave of Euripides (24 Jan); a trip to Mycenea, Argos [Árgos], Nemea [Neméa] and Phlious [Flioús] (30 Jan – 3 Feb); Eleusis [Elefsína] (4 Mar); Prasiae [modern Porto Rafti, Markopoúlou, Órmos], Thorikos and Sounion (15 Apr); and Salonika [Thessaloníki], Molyvopyros and Myriophyte (including photographs of archaeological sites, 8 Mar – 13 Apr). Also includes photographs of Athens, plans and hand drawn maps. Additionally includes detailed instructions for walking (by Gell, written out by John Pendlebury) for a trip in the Argolid.

Fortifications.

Photograph includes people.

Comprising a notebook travel log, compiled by John Pendlebury containing photographs and details of trips from London to Athens (16-20 Sep 1928); Mycenae to Xylokastro [Xilókastron] for John and Hilda’s honeymoon (21 Sep -1 Oct 1928); to Salonika [Thessaloníki] (2 – 22 Oct 1928); a cruise around Islands (Cyclades, North Aegean and Saronic islands) (1-13 Apr 1929); to Sounion and Porto Raphti [Porto Rafti, Markopoúlou, Órmos] (16 Apr 1929): Brauron [Vraona] (24 Apr 1929); Rhodes (17-25 May 1929); Athens to London (1-7 June 1929); London to Athens (5-12 Oct 1929) including 4 days in Venice; Mycenae, Nauplia [Náfplio], Tripolis [Trípolis], Andritsaena [Andrítsaina], Kalamata [Kalámai] and Olympia (15-26 Oct 1929); Eleusis [Elefsína] and Daphni [Dhafní] (31 Oct 1929); Monastery of Mendeli in Penteli (23 Nov 1929); Menidi (3 Nov 1929); Sounion (5 Nov 1929); Delphi (9-12 Nov 1929); Rhamnous (15 Nov 1929); Corinth, Mycenae and Perachora (23-28 Nov 1929); Siphnos (4 – 13 Dec 1929); and Athens to Thebes (17 Dec 1929). Also contains photographs of sites around Athens. Additionally includes a contents page at the front of the volume, a hand drawn (traced) map of Siphnos, and a pocket for a “map of travels in the Aegean 1928-29” (empty). The notebook contains a note that the photographs from the 2nd trip to Mycenae (Oct 1929) are in a separate book [this is referring to a photograph album, PEN 7/2/1].

Street scene including a man with a carrying pole and baskets [delivering groceries].

Street scene including a donkey with paniers [delivering groceries].

Houses on a street.

Women and children at [water tap/pump].

East elevation. This is a preliminary drawing. It is labelled in pencil: 'East Elevation'. Further annotation in ink and pencil survives. W.S. George also worked on these drawings (1907-1909).

Three mosaic panels from the south and the north arcades of the soffit. This is a preliminary drawing. It is labelled: 'Soffit Mosaics - 11/2 Scale'. Further annotation in pencil survives. W.S. George also worked on these drawings (1907-1909).

Three soffit mosaics with inscriptions. This is a preliminary drawing. It is labelled: 'Soffit Mosaics - 11/2 Scale'. Further annotation in pencil survives. W.S. George also worked on these drawings (1907-1909).

Frescoes and a depinto from the soffits. This is a preliminary drawing. It is labelled:a.'Frescoes on Soffits of Window Arches, 1 1/2 in Scale' b. 'Rough Sketch on Mortar - Full Size' c. 'Soffit Fresco 1 1/2 Scale'. Further annotation in pencil survives. W.S. George also worked on these drawings (1907-1909).

Ground plan. Preliminary drawing traced from Pl. XLVII in C. Texier and P. Pullan, 'Byzantine Architecture: Examples of Edifices Erected in the East', (London, 1864) and annotated by W.S. George

Longitudinal section. Preliminary drawing traced from PL. XLVIII in C. Texier and P. Pullan, 'Byzantine Architecture: Examples of Edifices Erected in the East', (London, 1864) and annotated by W.S. George

East elevation (top) - Longitudinal section of the narthex? (bottom). This is a preliminary drawing. Further annotation in ink survives.