Handwritten catalogue of the periodicals in Cavafy's library, comprising five sheets, the last of which is blank. The first sheet is in lieu of cover. Cancellations and notes. The dates mentioned cover the period 1883-1905.
Cavafy, C. P.Aigyptiakon Imerologion (Arg. Drakopoulou, Alexandreias)
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Handmade folder with the annotations "Dictionary 3" and "Dia-Euth". Pieces of paper and print clippings with notes and quotes for the Dictionary. It includes the entries "Diaisthisis-Euthymologos". Quotes from various bibliographical sources below each entry. The title and author of each work are cited and often the place of publication and the publishing house.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten draft letter by Cavafy on both sides of a ruled sheet and on the recto of a second sheet. The recipient (most likely the poet's brother, John) is in Cairo. Cavafy describes his everyday life and refers to the publication of three poems of his in a annual publication of Alexandria. Social news. Abbreviations, cancellations and emendations.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten list of thirteen poems by Cavafy, with reference to the printed media in which they were published. They are the poems "Brindisi", "Vain, vain love", "The Poet and the Muse", "Word and Silence", "Sham-el-Nessim", "Good and Bad Weather", "The Inkwell", "Athena's Vote", "Sweet Voices", "Voice From the Sea", "The Eumenides' Footfalls", "Elegy of the Flowers" and "Candles". The publications cover the period 1886-1900. The list is written on the recto of two sheets by a person other than Cavafy. Blank verso.
[Unidentified]Handwritten notes by G. A. Papoutsakis on both sides of a ruled sheet. Twenty-three titles of books and their authors are recorded under the title "Missing". They are most probably volumes which had not been located in Cavafy's library.
[Papoutsakis, G.A.]Handwritten list on 12 sheets, 6 double sheet notepapers and 7 half-sheets, with phonetic transliterations of word endings. Next to them, words that rhyme with the previous ones. The former are in alphabetical order.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten titles of four poems by Cavafy ("Forthcoming", "Ode and elegy of the Streets", "The First Step", "Timolaus the Syracusan") on the recto of a sheet. Mention of the printed medium on which they were published. The text is written by a person other than Cavafy. Bank verso.
[Unidentified]Handwritten titles of poems and bibliographical references on the verso of a printed broadsheet containing the poem "Come Back" and notes. The citations mention the dates 1896, 1900 and 1902 as well as the printed media in which some of the poems referred to were published. Handwritten notes (numbers and arithmetic operation), some of which have been crossed out, below the printed poem. The broadsheet was printed in 1918.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten titles of poems on the first three pages of a double sheet notepaper. Bibliographical references to the printed media (of the period 1886-1912) in which the poems referred to were published. The last page is blank.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten titles of poems by Cavafy, accompanied by bibliographical references, on the verso of a printed broadsheet with fragment of a poem. Cancellations. The citations mention the years "1892/3, 1895-1898, 1901" as well as the printed media in which the poems were published. The broadsheet was printed in 1920.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten list of books and periodicals, entitled "Taken by Peridis" and written on twelve sheets; they are all numbered at top right of the recto. Among them, a volume with translations by John Cavafy and a large number of issues of Greek and foreign newspapers and journals. It is obviously material borrowed by Michalis Peridis from the remnants of Cavafy's belongings.
[Singopoulo, Alekos D.]Handwritten prose text ("The meeting of vowels in prosody") on sixteen sheets. The sheets are numbered at the top right of the recto ("2"-"16"); from "8" onwards they are corrected in pencil. The verso of all sheets is blank, except for sheet "9". Footnotes. Interpolated words and phrases in English, French and Italian. The signature "C.P.C.", in pencil, at the end of the text. The text is enclosed in a ruled double sheet notepaper that has been torn into two sheets.
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