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- April 1920 (Creation)
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25.5 x 20.5 cm
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"Handwritten draft of the poem ""Athanasius"" on both sides of a ruled sheet.
On one side of a second sheet an abbreviated quote in English with abbreviations from a publication on the Church of Egypt; the details of the publication on the other side of the sheet.
Printed broadsheet with the crossed out part of a poem. Handwritten notes by the poet in pencil below the poem. The printed sheet bears the details "Kasimatis & Ionas Printing House, Alexandria 1919", which have been crossed out.
Handmade folder with the handwritten title ""Athanasius"" and date indication "Apr. '20".
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Mainly Greek
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Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations caused by metal paperclips.
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Publication note
"Athanasius" >Α555
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Athanasius”. Poem (manuscript), April 1920. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F01-SF001-0007 (146), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF01-S01-F01-SF001-0007.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Notes (handwritten)
- Works by other authors » The story of the Church of Egypt : Being an Outline of the History of the Egyptians Under Their Successive Masters from the Roman Conquest Until Now [Butcher, Edith Louisa]
- Literary and other characters » Julian the Apostate ^(H)
- Literary and other characters » Athanasius ^(H)
- Poem (manuscript)
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Athanasius"
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Migne, Jacques Paul (Subject)
- Butcher, Edith Louisa (Subject)
- Socrates Scholasticus (Subject)
- Sozomen (Subject)
- Theodoret of Cyrus (Subject)
- Kasimatis & Ionas Press (Subject)
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There are references to Christian church historians, such as Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen and Theodoret of Cyrrhus as well as to Jacques-Paul Migne and Edith Louisa Butcher.