Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 26/5/1885 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
27 x 20.8 cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Handwritten letter by Stephen Schilizzi to Cavafy on two sides of a bifolio. Explanations regarding the interruption of the correspondence between them. Reference to the death of Victor Hugo and to rumours regarding the outbreak of a cholera epidemic in France. Concern for the possibility of war on the pretext of the Suez Canal. Information about free time activities (hunting) as well as about people from the social circle of Alexandria. (Alexandria)
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Letterhead (graph paper): J. P. Schilizzi & Sons Alexandria (Egypt). Black ink. Physical item wear: tears; cut off part of the sheet.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Schilizzi, Stephen Z.. “Letter by Stephen Schilizzi to Cavafy”. Letter, 26.05.1885. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0069 (1758), 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-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0069.
Alternative identifier(s)
Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Schilizzi, Stephen Z. (Authority)
- Hugo, Victor (Subject)
- Krinos, Petros (Subject)
- Petrocochino, Theodoros I. (Subject)
- Schilizzi Zannis P., family (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)