Item 0021 (190) - Notes by Cavafy

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S03-F11-0021 (190)

Title

Notes by Cavafy

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  • n.d. (Creation)

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34 x 42.5 cm

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Name of creator

Cavafy, C. P.

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Onassis Foundation

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Abbreviated notes in pencil on the first page of a ruled double sheet notepaper. Draft of an official letter and notes, also in pencil, on the second page. On its last two pages, quotes in ink from a book and bibliographical reference regarding a ceremony in an ancient Gymnasium. On another ruled sheet, quotes on the recto and notes on the verso (some crossed out). Extensive use of abbreviations. The quotes correlate the item with the poem "Alexandrian Kings".

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      Mainly Greek

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      Writing in ink and pencil. Watermark: Gouvernement Egyptien. Physical item wear: oxidations caused by metal paperclip; small hole; tears.

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      "Alexandrian Kings" >Α129

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “Notes by Cavafy”. Notes (handwritten), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S03-F11-0021 (190), 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-S03-F11-0021.

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      Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης

      F23_Φ1-6

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          References to historical sources. One may distinguish Plutarch, Theophrastus, Dio Cassius, Theodor Mommsen, Auguste Louis Thomas Bouché-Leclercq and the numismatologist Henry Cohen.

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