ABSTRACT
Fieldwork in the present century is neatly divided by the two world wars, although it will be seen that there are interesting threads of continuity running through the three periods.1
Before 1914 fieldwork was not widespread, but it did take off in style with the publications of Schultz and Barnsley on Hosios Loukas in 1901;2 that of Ramsay and Bell on the Thousand and One Churches in 1909;3 and W. S. George's study of St Eirene in 1912.4 The particular value of George's careful recording techniques has been shown in Robin Cormack's use of his watercolours of the mosaics at St Demetrios in Salonica, made before the disastrous fire of 1917.5
The first period also saw the beginning of some institutional support in the formation of the Byzantine Research and Publication Fund in 1908. The money for this venture and indeed its inspiration came largely from Edwin Freshfield.6 He provides a family link to another fund which
1 Scant bibliography is given here. Further details on most of the authors cited in this chapter can be found in the Dumbarton Oaks bibliographies of Byzantine Art (Literature on Byzantine Art, 1892-1967, 3 vols [Washington, D.C., 1973-76]) or in the Byzantinische Zeitschrift bibliographies (also accessible in microfiche: J. S. Alien, ed., Author Index of Byzantine Studies, 2 vols [Washington, D.C., 1986-96]). A full treatment of this subject with a comprehensive bibliography would make a useful thesis.
