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- February 1925 (Creation)
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32 x 25 cm
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Handwritten drafts of the poem "The Patriarch", on a sheet folded in a bifolio; on both sides of two loose sheets; on part of an envelope; on both sides of a sheet from a Collection of poems by Cavafy, with part of the poem "Caesarion" (the crossed out poem was printed in Alexandria in 1927; page number "8" at top right). Handmade folder with the handwritten title, the note "provisional title" and the date on the verso of a printed cover of a Collection of poems by Cavafy from the 1915-1924 period ("1924" is handwritten; the printed details on the recto of the cover have been crossed out in pencil).
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Greek
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Paper and paperboard. Writing in pencil and ink. Physical item wear: oxidations caused by metal paperclips.
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"The Patriarch" >A603
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Cavafy, C. P.. “The Patriarch”. Poem (manuscript), February 1925. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F01-SF001-0017 (169), 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-SF001-0017.
Alternative identifier(s)
Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Notes (handwritten)
- Literary and other characters » Arsenius ^(H)
- Literary and other characters » Andronicus ^(H)
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Patriarch"
- Literary and other characters » John Palaeologus V ^(H)
- Literary and other characters » John Lascaris IV ^(H)
- Literary and other characters » John XIV Calecas ^(H)
- Literary and other characters » John VI Cantacuzenus ^(H)
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Kasimatis & Ionas Press (Subject)