The Photographic Fund of Gabriel Millet, France

Constituted by a Hellenist archaeologist, traveler and photographer, the Gabriel Millet fund is an extremely rich photographic collection that gathers over 75,000 documents (glass plates, paper prints, transparencies, slides, watercolors…) on the Christian art of the Balkans, Russia and Egypt.

Monastère de Chilandor (Grèce)

Ce monastère est situé sur le Mont Athos. © EPHE-Millet
Monastère de Daphni (Grèce)

Vue sur l'intérieur de l'enceinte monastique. © EPHE-Millet
Mosaïque du Christ Pantocrator (Grèce)

Mosaïque de la coupole de l'église du monastère de Daphni. © EPHE-Millet
Coupole de l'église Sainte-Sophie à Mistra (Grèce)

© EPHE-Millet
Travail de restauration sur les plaques de verre

© PSF\EPHE-Millet

The project

Having noticed the state of degradation of the documentary fund, PSF decided to join the efforts of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes and the Christian Art department of Princeton University and participated in the restoration and promotion of the fund. In order to open the fund to the entire scientific community, we undertook an inventory of the documents and objects in the fund in order to create an online database. In addition, PSF organized exhibitions that helped promote the value of this rich collection.

Location	Duration	Beneficiaries	Exhibition related
Paris, France	2007-2010	Students and teachers of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, researchers and amateurs of Christian history and photography.	Byzance à travers un siècle de photographie : le fonds Gabriel-Millet révélé ! (in French)

Goals Achieved

• Rehabilitate the different objects found in the Gabriel Millet fund;
• promote the existence of the fund through different actions including the organization of exhibitions and the creation of an online database.

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