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34 x 42.5 cm
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Handwritten text on two ruled double sheet notepapers. Cancellations, emendations and additions. The poet mentions the reasons that made him collect the material for the Dictionary and the rationale according to which he worked, recording hard-to-find words and citing the sources from which they were acquired as well as the multiple interpretations of each entry.
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Greek
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Writing in ink and pencil. Watermark: Gouvernement Egyptien. Physical item wear: holes and small peripheral wears.
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Introductory note on the Dictionary”. Notes (handwritten), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S02-F06-0001 (238), 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-F06-0001.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)