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- 1903 (Creation)
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43 x 34 cm
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Handwritten prose text by Cavafy on 14 sheets and 9 double sheet notepapers. Pages 4-38 are numbered. The upper half of page 30 is typewritten. The text narrates the history of the Cavafy family from the 18th century (1728) and Peter Cavafy to the time and family of the poet, citing all known information on every person, providing more details and placing greater emphasis on the members of his own family as well as on members of other (often related) families linked to it. Cancellations; abbreviations. Interpolated words in Greek. The date indication ("1903") is provided by the author of the text (page 19).
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Mostly English
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Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: tears, holes and oxidations. Watermark: Gouvernement Egyptien.
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"Memorandum about the Cavafy family" >A656
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Prose text”. Prose text, 1903. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF002-0003 (1091), 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-S02-F25-SF002-0003.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Istanbul / Constantinople (Turkey)
- London (England)
- Brighton (England)
- Liverpool (England)
- Alexandria (Egypt)
- Plovdiv / Philippopolis (Bulgaria)
- Corfu (Greece)
- Malta
- Paris (France)
- Cairo (Egypt)
- Kafr el Zayat (Egypt)
- Athens (Greece)
- Italy
- France
- Samatya (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Fener (Istanbul)
- England (UK)
Name access points
- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Cavafy, Peter J. (Subject)
- Cavafy, Demetrius P. (Subject)
- Cavafy, Peter John J. (Subject)
- Plessou (Cavafy), Roxandra (Subject)
- Fotiadis, George (1800-1896) (Subject)
- Cavafy (Fotiadi), Charikleia (Subject)
- Ralli, Ambrose A. (Subject)
- Cavafy (Ralli), Maria (Marigo) (Subject)
- Plessos, Constantine (Subject)
- Pitaridis, Emmanouil (Subject)
- Ziro/Girò (Pitaridi), Efterpi (Subject)
- Pappos, Dimitrios (Subject)
- Stoyannovitch, Alexandros (Subject)
- Schilizzi, Ioannis (Subject)
- Fotiadi (Moschou), Helen (Subject)
- Hôtel du Louvre (Subject)
- Cavafy, John P. (Subject)
- Abet, Elisa (Subject)
- Skoufos, Emmanouil (Subject)
- Vouros, Georgios D. (Subject)
- Vourou (Rodocanachi), Ioulia (Subject)
- Cavafy (Theodorou), Thelxiopi (Subject)
- Cassavetti, family (Subject)
- Verhaeghe de Naeyer (Photiadés), Sévastie (Subject)
- Kazoulis, N. (Subject)
- Cavafy (Thoma), Maria (Mariora) (Subject)
- Melas, Leon (Subject)
- Psychas, Thiseas (Subject)
- Pitaridi (Cavafy), Maria (Subject)
- Cavafy, Demetrius J. (Subject)
- Cavafy (Tsola), Smaragda (Subject)
- Ralli (Korniliou), Elisavet (Subject)
- Ismail Pasha (khedive) (Subject)
- Cavafy, George P. J. (Subject)
- Pappou (Pitaridi), Amalia (Subject)
- Stoyannovitch (Plessou), Coralia (Subject)
- Cavafy, Peter John (junior) (Subject)
- Cavafy (Pantou), Fevronia (Subject)
- Cavafy, Aristeidis (Subject)
- Cavafy, John Constantine (Subject)
- Cavafy, Alexandros P. (Subject)
- Cavafy, Paul (Subject)
- Averoff, Georgios (Subject)
- Cavafy (Vourou), Maria (Marie) (Subject)
- R. J. Moss & Co. (Subject)
- Patriarchate of Alexandria (Subject)
- Cavafy, Georgios I. (Subject)