Item 0024 (1598) - Prose text

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S02-F05-0024 (1598)

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Prose text

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  • [1903] (Creation)

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34 x 43 cm

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Name of creator

Cavafy, C. P.

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Onassis Foundation

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Handwritten prose text by Cavafy on a double sheet notepaper, on both sides of two sheets and on the recto of a third sheet. Three date indications, all from 1903 (July, August, November). Extensive use of abbreviations throughout the text. Very few titles of poems are mentioned ("Walls", "The Windows", etc.). Few cancellations, emendations and notes in pencil.

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      English

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      Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: the paper is particularly worn, with tears, holes, oxidations and discolourations. Watermark: Gouvernement Egyptien.

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      "Philosophical Scrutiny" >A491
      "The Windows" >Α75
      "Walls" >Α50
      "Candles" >A61
      "Thermopylae" >Α19
      "Sweet Voices" >Α31
      "Ars Poetica" >A491.α

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      Note

      Cavafy, C. P.. “Prose text”. Notes (handwritten), [1903]. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S02-F05-0024 (1598), 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-S02-F05-0024.

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      Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης

      Φάκελος Περίδη_1

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          Archivist's note

          Notes by Cavafy regarding his poetry ["Philosophical Scrutiny"]. They were first published as part of a longer text entitled ["Poetics"], ["Ars Poetica"].

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