Item 0025 (1599) - Prose text

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S02-F05-0025 (1599)

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Prose text

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  • n.d. (Creation)

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34 x 21.5 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 both sides of two ruled sheets and on both sides of a third sheet, of smaller size, folded in a bifolio. All pages are numbered (1-8). crossed out verses in Greek on page 1. Few interpolated Greek words and phrases in the English text. Extensive use of abbreviations. They are likely (interpretative?) comments by Cavafy on one of his poems or on poems of his or general thoughts on his on poetry.

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      Mainly English

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

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      Publication note

      "Ars Poetica" >Α491.α
      "The Pawn" >Α524
      "Thermopylae" >Α19

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “Prose text”. Notes (handwritten), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S02-F05-0025 (1599), 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-F05-0025.

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      Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης

      Φάκελος Περίδη_2

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          Archivist's note

          Cavafy's notes on matters of poetics. The title of the poem "Thermopylae" is abbreviated.

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