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25 x 16 cm
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Manuscript of an English translation of a poem by Cavafy ("The Hall Mirror") on one side of a blank sheet. The poet's signature in English and the note "translation adapted by C.H.O.S." below the text. Blank verso.
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English
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Writing in ink and pencil.
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"The Mirror in the Entrance" >Α346
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Cavafy, C. P.. “The Hall Mirror”. Poem (translation), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF003-0002 (840), 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-S04-F12-SF003-0002.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
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English translation of the poem "The Hall Mirror" by Christopher Henry Oldham Scaife. Scaife has also translated other poems of Cavafy into English. This translation was published in The Spectator of London on 27 September 1935.