Item 0012 (1763) - Notes by Cavafy

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S03-F11-0012 (1763)

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Notes by Cavafy

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  • 30/12/1916 (Creation)

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27 x 21 cm

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Name of creator

Cavafy, C. P.

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Onassis Foundation

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Handwritten notes by Cavafy on one side of a ruled sheet, initially folded in a bifolio. crossed out titles of poems of his on the verso. The abbreviated notes on the recto analyse in English the meaning of the phrase "I think of nothing else", which precedes them. Date at bottom right ("30.12.'16").

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      Mainly English

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      Writing in ink and pencil. Watermark: English Commercial Post. Physical item wear: intense oxidations.

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      "Walls" >Α50
      "Interruption" >Α70
      "Old Men's Souls" >Α68
      "Trojans" >Α87
      "Waiting for the Barbarians" >Α84
      "The Windows" >Α75
      "Finished" >Α112
      "The City" >Α107
      "The Satrapy" >Α108
      "The God Abandons Antony" >Α116

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “Notes by Cavafy”. Notes (handwritten), 30.12.1916. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S03-F11-0012 (1763), 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-F11-0012.

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      F84_φ17-18

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          Archivist's note

          Poem titles and explanatory notes. The note "I think of nothing else" correlates to the poem "Walls".

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