Handwritten prose text ("The meeting of vowels in prosody") on sixteen sheets. The sheets are numbered at the top right of the recto ("2"-"16"); from "8" onwards they are corrected in pencil. The verso of all sheets is blank, except for sheet "9". Footnotes. Interpolated words and phrases in English, French and Italian. The signature "C.P.C.", in pencil, at the end of the text. The text is enclosed in a ruled double sheet notepaper that has been torn into two sheets.

Handwritten notes on the poem "The Naval Battle" on both sides of two ruled papers. Numbers "2" and "4" at top left. Extensive use of abbreviations.

Press clipping from the newspaper Tilegrafos of 2/14 January 1893, with an article by Cavafy on the poetry of Georgios Stratigis. The poet analyses the work of Stratigis and quotes from his poems. The article is signed "C.F.C.".

Handwritten draft and notes on the poem "The Rescue of Julian" on four sheets, two of which have been folded in bifolios. Handmade folder with the handwritten title and date.

Manuscript of the poem "The Seven Holy Children", with cancellations and emendations on both sides of a sheet and on the recto of a second sheet. Handmade folder with handwritten title and date indication.

Four-page theatre programme of the "Nea Skini" of Konstantinos Christomanos. It refers to the performance of the works Alcestis and The left hand in the Athens Municipal Theatre in 1902. It bears a photograph of the leading actress on the cover and the logo of "Nea Skini" in the upper part of the second page. Festive performance in honour of athletes.

Four-page programme of the Faliron Theatre for the performance of the comic opera Les mousquetaires au couvent by a French cast, under the artistic direction of Bizet-Dufaure.

Two copies of a four-page theatrical programme issued by the French newspaper L’illustration for the plays Le Joie fait peur by Mme Émile [Delphine] de Girardin and Le Barbier de Séville by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais at the Comédie Française theatre. On the front cover, portrait of the French actor Coquelin Cadet (Alexandre Honoré Ernest Coquelin).

Theatre programme issued by the French newspaper L’illustration for the play Faust by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré at Opéra de Paris. Portrait of the French actress Lucy Berthet on the front cover. Advertisements on back cover and inside the programme.

Theatre programme issued by the French newspaper L’illustration for the plays at Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. Information on the actors and contributors of the play Le Dindon by Georges Feydeau. The price of the programme is on the front cover: “Dix Centimes”.

Theatre programme issued by the French newspaper L’illustration for the plays at Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique in Paris. Information on the actors and contributors of the play Les Deux Gosses by Pierre Decourcelle. The price of the programme is on the front cover: “Dix Centimes”.

Theatre programme issued by the French newspaper L’illustration for the plays at Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris. Information on the actors and contributors of the play La carrière by Abel Hermant. The price of the programme is on the front cover: “Dix Centimes”.

Theatre programme issued by the French newspaper L’illustration for the plays at Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris. Information on the plays La Douloureuse by Maurice Donnay and En visite by Henri Lavedan. Advertisements on back cover and inside the pamphlet.

Two copies of a four-page theatrical programme issued by the French newspaper L’illustration for the plays L’Autographe by Henri Meilhac and Oedipe roi (Oedipus Rex by Sophocles translated by Jules Lacroix) at the Comédie Française theatre. On the front cover, portrait of the French actor Jean-Sully Mounet.

Theatre programme issued by the French newspaper L’illustration for the plays at Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris. Information on the actors and contributors of the play Le Chemineau by Jean Richepin. The price of the programme is on the front cover: “Dix Centimes”.

Four-page theatre programme issued by the French newspaper L’illustration on the theatrical plays Le Dépit amoureux by Moliere and Le Monde où l’on s’ennuie by Édouard Pailleron at the theatre Comédie Française. Portrait of the French actress Suzanne Reichenberg on the front cover. There are 2 inserted tickets from the Royal Lyceum Theatre of London.

Two copies of the theatre programme of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in London for the play Madame Sans-Gêne by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau under the artistic direction of Henry Irving. The adaptation of the play was undertaken by J. Comyns Carr.

Four printed theatre programmes of amateur performances in theatres of Alexandria (Alhambra, Concordia, (Ex-) Union Artistique Française). Two of the programmes bear date indications (1921 and 1923). Alekos Singopoulo and Rica Agallianou (later Singopoulo) participate in some of the plays. One of the performances included a stage adaptation of the poem by Cavafy "An Old Man" (referred to as "The Old Man") . The performance is dated to 1924, on the basis of a publication by N. Giokarinis in the newspaper Tachydromos of Alexandria.

Manuscript of the poem "Theophilus Palaeologus", written in pencil on one side of a sheet. Accompanied by four pieces of paper with notes (mostly short quotes from historical publications on the fall of Constantinople and bibliographical references).

Handwritten prose text by Ioannis Mainaliotis, entitled "To kavafiko ergo" [Cavafy's Work], on the recto of eleven sheets. The text, an extensive analysis of Cavafy's poetic work, is divided into ten units, numbered in Roman numerals. Sheets 2-11 are numbered at top right. Some words and phrases are underlined. Location and date indication as well as the author's signature at the end of the text.

Handwritten text on one side of fourteen numbered large-size sheets. It is a poem by Angelos Sikelianos and an introductory explanatory note, in which other works of his are cited. The handwriting of the main text is not that of Sikelianos, who signs it on the last sheet. Most sheets have been initialed in the bottom.

Typewritten French translations of poems by Cavafy on seven sheets. Some are found in more than one copies.

Handwritten poem on the recto of two ruled sheets. The verso of both sheets is blank. The signature "J.C.C." (John Cavafy) below the poem.

Two copies of the four-page theatre programme of St. James’s Theatre in London for Arthur W. Pinero’s play The Princess and the Butterfly, with George Alexander’s artistic direction. Advertisements on back cover.

Handwritten prose text on the first two pages of a double sheet notepaper. The other two pages are blank. Cavafy briefly examines the poetry of Aristotelis Valaoritis and draws parallels to that of Dionysios Solomos. A few titles of poems by Valaoritis are mentioned.

Handwritten verses from poems by Solomos and Valaoritis as well as from folk songs, on a handmade notepad comprising six sheet, with the last one blank, and on a small piece of paper. Bibliographical references.

Manuscript with words in Greek and French drawn from the dictionary by F. D. Dehèque Dictionnaire grec moderne-français (Paris, 1825) on both sides of a ruled sheet.

Handwritten poem by Angelos Sikelianos ("Ymnos tou megalou Nostou") on one side of seven numbered large-size sheets. The poet's name and location in the last sheet (Delphi).