"Handwritten draft of the poem ""Athanasius"" on both sides of a ruled sheet.
On one side of a second sheet an abbreviated quote in English with abbreviations from a publication on the Church of Egypt; the details of the publication on the other side of the sheet.
Printed broadsheet with the crossed out part of a poem. Handwritten notes by the poet in pencil below the poem. The printed sheet bears the details "Kasimatis & Ionas Printing House, Alexandria 1919", which have been crossed out.
Handmade folder with the handwritten title ""Athanasius"" and date indication "Apr. '20".

Handwritten notes with comments by Cavafy on the French translations of his poems, recorded by another person (most probably Rica Singopoulo), since he is mentioned in the text as "C.". The text is written on two separate sheets –recto and verso–, one of which is a letterhead of the journal Alexandrini Techni and bears a printed date indication 193[..]. Extensive commentary on the poems "Ithaca" (Ithaque), "The City" (La ville) and "Ides of March" (Les ides de Mars). Cancellations and emendations.

Handwritten drafts of the poem "Company of Four" on both sides of a sheet; on one side of a cut printed broadsheet with fragment of a poem and the indication "Alexandria 1926" (arithmetic operation on the other side); on both sides of a piece of paper, torn on one edge; on the verso of a shares form of the National Bank of Egypt dated "21 March 1930" and Cavafy's signature in English. Handmade folder from the card of the Alexandrini Vivliothiki for an event dated "30/9/1930". The handwritten title of the poem and the note "Prov[isional] ti[tle]" on the verso of the card.

Handwritten text on a homemade notepad, sewn on the spine. Travel diary and notes. The title handwritten on the cover. Mentions of non-Greek publications and bibliographical references to 1880 and 1807 editions. Some pages are blank. One page in Greek. Note on metrics below (Homeric?) verses in English. Copy of a poem by D. Solomos and its translation into English. The poet departs, together with his mother and two of his siblings, on a steamboat to Istanbul on the aftermath of the Urabi Revolt, for which young Cavafy provides a short analysis. Extensive reference to the members of the Fotiadis family. The narration covers the period 23/6-8/7/[1882].

Two handwritten copies of receipts from The Nation and Athenaeum dated 9/8/1924 and 16/7/1924. (London)
Typewritten letter, accompanying a checque to Cavafy, from the management of the journal. The date, name, amount and month are handwritten. (London, 28/7/1924)
Envelope to the director of The Nation and Τhe Athenaeum and another envelope to Cavafy with mail rubber stamp of 28/7/1924 and handwritten note regarding its receipt on 5/8/1924.

Handwritten copy of a checque to Cavafy (written by himself) from The Nation and Athenaeum. Accompanied by envelope with the poet's name and address.

Envelope sent to Cavafy from London with mail rubber stamp (26/5/1924) and handwritten note in pencil, which was received on 3/6/1924. Handwritten copy of a receipt for £3,30 from the director of The Nation and Athenaeum for the April 1924 collaboration, by Cavafy's hand (6/6/1924). Printed accompanying note regarding the despatch of a checque for £3,30 from the management of the journal on 26/5/1924. The date, amount, Cavafy's name and month are handwritten.

Handwritten English translation of the poem "Dangerous" by G. Valassopoulo on one side of a sheet. Cancellations and emendations in pencil. Handwritten note on the verso. Copy by Cavafy of part of the same translation on the recto of half a sheet. On the verso, the English title of the poem and number "8" have been crossed out. Handwritten notes by Cavafy on the translation of the poem on one side of a piece of paper. Blank verso. Broadsheet, printed in 1919, with the poem in Greek on the recto. Number "13" has been crossed out and corrected to "21", in ink at top right. Blank verso.

Handmade folder with the annotations "Dictionary 1" and "Abb-Apo". Pieces of paper and print clippings with notes and quotes for the Dictionary. It includes the entries "Abbatia-Aperifronos". 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.

Envelope sent from London originally to Bonamy Dobrée and subsequently forwarded to Cavafy in October 1928. Inside the envelope, handwritten notes by Cavafy on pieces of paper, pertaining to his collaboration with The Criterion in September 1928. Cancellations.

Handwritten drafts of poems on both sides of a ruled sheet and on one side of part of a second sheet. The poem "Epitaph" on the recto of the first sheet. The title has been written by Cavafy, the poem by another person. Emendations by the poet in some of the verses. Note at top right, date ("June 1893") at bottom right, both by Cavafy. The poem "Good and Bad Weather" on the verso of the same sheet; the handwriting is not Cavafy's.
Fragment of a poem has been crossed out on one side of part of sheet; the handwriting is not Cavafy's. Part of the poem "Nous n’osons plus chanter les roses" on the other side. The title has been written by Cavafy, but the text of the poem has been written by a different person. The verso was originally pasted on the verso of the first sheet (and thus the poems "Good and Bad Weather" and "Nous n’osons plus chanter les roses" had been concealed.
Cavafy's handwritten notes on one side of a sheet and on both sides of a second sheet as well as on the verso of a printed broadsheet with the crossed out fragment of the poem "From the School of the Renowned Philosopher". Handmade folder with the handwritten title "Epitaph of a Samian" and the date "Oct. ’25".

Unmarked handmade folder of paperboard. It contains printed crests cut from letterheads, mail envelopes etc., initially pinned on the envelope; draft of a crest with the note "the two branches to take in the helmet"; handwritten quote from Plato's Republic; ten pieces of paper with sketches in pencil; letterhead with the Cavafy family "crest"; printed logo of the Windsor Hotel of Alexandria; press clipping; visiting card of Charikleia Cavafy with address in Hove, England.

Handwritten draft of the poem "From the Unpublished History" on the recto of a sheet. On the verso, note with a reference to the publication J. Bury, History of the Later Roman Empire, London, MacMillan & Co., 1923. Handmade folder from a printed cover of a Cavafy poetry Collection of the 1915-1923 period ("1923" is handwritten, while all printed details have been crossed out). The handwritten title of the poem and the date on the verso of the cover.

Manuscript of a poem and notes. The poem "Fugitives" in a ruled sheet. Verses and notes on either side of a cut piece of paper. Cancellations and emendations.

Handwritten English translation of the poem "If Indeed He Died" by G. Valassopoulo on both sides of a sheet. Handwritten cancellations and emendations by Cavafy in pencil. Two printed broadsheets with the poem in Greek on one of their sides ("a" and "b") and year of publication (1921). Handwritten notes by Cavafy on the translation of the poem, most of them crossed out, on either side of a sheet.

Manuscript of the poem "Alexandrian" in the first page of a ruled double sheet notepaper. The title "Alexandrian" has been crossed out the title "In Evening" has been overwritten. Cancellations and emendations, notes. Notes also in the second and third page, the ones on the latter crossed out. The fourth page is blank. Accompanied by a small piece of paper with handwritten notes on one side.

Handwritten poem ("In the Month of Hathor") on the first page of a ruled double sheet notepaper. Cancellation. Underlined title and line at the end of the poem. Variations below the poem ("Var[iantes]"). On both sides of a ruled sheet and on the recto of two pieces of paper, notes concerning the same poem, some of which in French. Handmade folder with the title "Hathor" handwritten twice in pencil by Cavafy.

Two handwritten texts by Rica Singopoulo regarding Cavafy and his poetic work, both entitled "Le poète C. P. Cavafy". The first is written on the recto of nine sheets, cut in half lengthwise. Blank versos. Pages 2 to 9 are numbered. The second text is a longer version of the first and is written on the recto of twelve sheets. Blank versos, except for the one of sheet 6. Pages 2 to 12 are numbered. Cancellations and emendations in both texts. The second text has additional footnotes.

Handwritten medical prescription by doctor Auguste Varenhorst in French for Charikleia Cavafy. Rubber stamp of the Geo Ruelberg pharmacy in Alexandria. On the verso, handwritten note by Charikleia Cavafy in Greek regarding the use of the prescribed drugs.

Handwritten notes on one side of a letterhead of the Savoy Palace hotel of Alexandria. Printed date indication of the 1920's. Blank verso.

Handwritten notes on the verso of a broadsheet with the poem "I Brought to Art", printed in 1926. Cancellations and abbreviations, bibliographical reference. Comments on a poem and thoughts regarding the similarities between poems.

Handwritten notes by Cavafy on three sheets and on the verso of a printed letter of the Société française de Bienfaisance, signed by the French consul Pierre Girad, which also includes a handwritten note by Paul Cavafy. Every page is numbered in Greek, "α'" to "στ'", at top left. Quotes from poems and references to pages and volumes (Α'-Ε', Η') of a publication with no further details.

Handmade paperboard folder with the handwritten note "Remarks on the repeated identical syllables in our language". The handwriting is not the poet's (it is most likely Rica Singopoulo's). The folder contains handwritten notes by Cavafy on nine sheets, four double sheet notepapers and two printed broadsheets. Quotes from poems by Palamas, Nirvanas, Solomos, Gryparis etc, as well as from folk songs and prose texts. Bibliographical references. The two broadsheets, bearing the same fragment of a poem by Cavafy, were printed in 1920. Also, reference to a 1925 print.

Handwritten notes on both sides of a broadsheet with the crossed out poem "Their Beginning". The broadsheet was printed in 1924 (the year of first print ["1921"] is also mentioned). Quotes and bibliographical references. Reference to a chrysobull and to Anna Dalassene; quote in French from the Alexiad.

Handwritten notes on ruled sheets and a double sheet notepaper as well as on pieces of paper of various sizes, some numbered and some with date indications. Among them: notes on the verso of letterheads with typewritten official correspondence in English. Notes in English and in French. Notes on the words "perfect" and "parfait", and their correct translation in Greek, as appropriate. Notes on the Seleucids. Bibliographical references. Extensive use of abbreviations.

Handwritten notes, verses and variations (probably drafts of the poem "In 200 B.C.") in four sheets, three pieces of paper of various sizes, on an envelope of the journal Panaigyptia and on an envelope of the National Bank of Egypt. Quotes and bibliographical references (among them, references to 1879 and 1915 publications).

Abbreviated notes in pencil on the first page of a ruled double sheet notepaper. Draft of an official letter and notes, also in pencil, on the second page. On its last two pages, quotes in ink from a book and bibliographical reference regarding a ceremony in an ancient Gymnasium. On another ruled sheet, quotes on the recto and notes on the verso (some crossed out). Extensive use of abbreviations. The quotes correlate the item with the poem "Alexandrian Kings".

Handwritten notes by Cavafy on both sides of a ruled sheet. Cancellations. Comments on the Greek literary activity in Alexandria and Cairo.

Handwritten notes by Cavafy on one side of a cut piece of paperboard. Two lines almost entirely abbreviated. Date at top right. Affixed label with the name and address of a paper- and bookstore in Alexandria on the verso.

Handwritten notes on both sides of two ruled sheets and on the verso of part of a printed medium with a fragment of the poem "Alexandrian Kings". Cancellations and emendation, some in ink. Pages 2-4 are numbered. Comments by Cavafy on the literary production of the Greeks in Egypt.

Handwritten notes on two double sheet notepapers in the form of questions to E. M. Forster; they have been written in French by Rica Singopoulo and they obviously come from his interview with the Tachydromos of Alexandria. Extensive handwritten notes by Forster in English and handwritten notes by Cavafy in pencil. Pages 2-4 are numbered. Cancellations. List of Forster's works by Forster compiled by himself on paper. Forster's address in England on another paper, handwritten by Cavafy. The same note, again by Cavafy, on a small piece of paperboard. Envelope with the address of R. Singopoulo, bearing a rubber mail stamp with the date 24/12/1929.

Handwritten notes by Rica Singopoulo on the recto of eight sheets. Blank versos, except for the one of the fourth sheet. All sheets are numbered 1 to 8 at top right. Biographical notes, pertaining to the life, habits and social encounters of Cavafy. Also, information about the members of his family (parents and siblings). It appears that the notes were written after the poet's death and the information comes from Singopoulo's own knowledge as well as from the remains of Cavafy's belongings. Certain inaccuracies are observed, such as the poet's date of birth (1865 instead of 1863).

Handwritten text by Rica Singopoulo on the recto of thirteen sheets from a notepad. Blank versos. Seven sheets have been torn off the notepad. Rica Singopoulo's notes pertain to the history of the poet's paternal and maternal family, for the members of which is provided all the information she collected from the poet himself as well as from his notes. Extensive reference to the life of the poet and that of his brothers. Cancellations and emendations.

Handwritten notes by Rica Singopoulo on seven sheets and three double sheet notepapers. The notes pertain to Cavafy's life and to the members of his family (mainly his mother and brothers). Some of the information recorded derives from the family correspondence as well as from the remnants of the poet's belongings.

Handwritten prose text by Rica Singopoulo in two sheets cut lengthwise and in a bifolio, also cut in half along the length of each sheet. The text is written on the recto of the two sheets and in the first page of the bifolio. The other pages of the bifolio are blank, as is the verso of the sheets. Pages "2" and "3" are numbered at top centre. Cancellations. The text refers to the impact of Cavafy's work in Athens and Alexandria. The title ("O poiitis C. P. Cavafy" [The poet C. P. Cavafy]) at the top of the first page and below a quote from the poem "Come Back". It is probable that the end of the text is missing.

Handwritten drafts of the poem "Of the Sixth or Seventh Century" on the recto of two sheets and of one piece of paper. Blank verso. Handmade folder with the handwritten title and date on the one side of a print; the advertisement of a food shop in Alexandria on the other side.

Autograph manuscript poem ("On the March to Sinope") on the first page of a double sheet notepaper. Cancellations and emendations; notes. Number "85" at top right. The remaining pages are blank. Drafts of the same poem and notes on four loose sheets. Cancellations and emendations. The poem "John Cantacuzenus Triumphs" on one side of a broadsheet printed in 1928 and notes on the verso. Notes on an envelope of the National Bank of Egypt. Notes on either side of a ruled sheet.

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.

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.

Four sheets from a printed poetry collection by Cavafy with page numbering 33-39 (the last one [40] without page numbering). Handwritten emendations in ink on pages 33 and 36. Handwritten notes (poem titles) on pages 38-[40]. It includes the poems "The Retinue of Dionysus", "King Demetrius", "The Steps" and "That Is He".

Handwritten text by Rica Singopoulo on both sides of a ruled sheet. Cancellations. Comments on the work of Cavafy and the criticism it received. It is probable that the beginning of the text is missing.

Handwritten drafts of the poem "Ptolemy the Benefactor (or Malefactor)" on all pages of a double sheet notepaper; on three loose sheets; on both sides of a printed broadsheet with fragment of the poem "Ides of March" bearing an emendation in the eighth verse; on both sides of a small piece of paper; on the recto of a note to Cavafy in English dated "2.2.22". Handmade folder with the handwritten title and the date "Febr. '22" on the verso of a cut printed medium entitled "Seventeenth Annual Report, The Egyptian Salt & Soda Company Limited".

Two handwritten copies of a receipt for £1,10 from Cavafy to the publisher of The Criterion for the publication of the poem "Ithaca" in the July issue; accompanied by two envelopes: one to the journal and one to Cavafy, with the journal's logo. The second envelope, originally sent to Τ. S. Eliot; the latter's name and address have been crossed out and replaced by hand with Cavafy's address in Alexandria. The copies of the receipts are handwritten by the poet.

Handwritten draft of a receipt by Cavafy for the amount of £3,3 from The Nation and The Athenaeum. Accompanied by envelope with the name and address of the journal. (Alexandria, 5/12/1923)
Handwritten draft of a receipt by Cavafy for the amount of £3,3 from The Nation and The Athenaeum. (London, 16/11/1923)
Handwritten draft of a receipt by Cavafy from The Nation and The Athenaeum with no details having been filled-in.
Empty envelope with handwritten notes and the indication 16/11/1923.
All four aforementioned documents were originally placed inside a handmade folder of wrapping paper.

Handwritten draft of the poem "Remorse", written in pencil and ink on both sides of a broadsheet of the poem "Anna Comnena". The broadsheet was printed in December 1920, in Alexandria. Handmade folder with the handwritten title, the note "provisional title" and the date.

Printed sheet with the poem "The Death of the Emperor Tacitus" on one side. The handwritten chronological indication "1893 or 1894" by Cavafy at top right. On the verso, typographic border-ornament and "Alexandria 1898" inside it. It is accompanied by the same poem, handwritten on one side of a ruled sheet. Notes below the text. The handwritten poem is different from the printed one.

Handwritten draft and notes on the poem "The Dynasty" on one sheet and three pieces of paper. Reference to the journal Ekkliastikos Faros of Alexandria. Handmade folder with the handwritten title and date.

Manuscripts of poems on four sheets. The item comprises a total of four ruled sheets (the last three of which had been initially pasted together so as to form a double sheet notepaper) and two pieces of paper (initially affixed on two of the sheets' pages). On one side of the first sheet, the title "The Funeral of Sarpedon", note on the publication of the poem (in Skokos' Ethnikon Imerologion), emendations and variations in some of the verses, all written by Cavafy and crossed out. At the top of the page, two crossed out verses of a poem and number "115" at right. On the other side of the sheet, part of the poem "The Mimiambs of Herodas", written by another person. Cancellations and emendations by Cavafy. Small paper with note by the poet (emendation of four verses) initially pasted on the middle of the page. On one side of the second sheet, the continuation of the previous poem with cancellations, emendations and notes by Cavafy. Number "117" at top right; the date indication "Novem. 1892" at bottom right. Initially affixed over the middle of the page, a piece of paper with a variation of the last stanza of the poem, handwritten by Cavafy. The other side of the sheet is blank. Part of a poem on one side of the third sheet, which has not been written by Cavafy. Cancellations and emendations, handwritten by Cavafy. This side of the sheet had been initially affixed on the blank side of the second sheet. On the second page of the third sheet, the poem "Azure Eyes", written by Cavafy. The blank side of the fourth sheet had been initially affixed on the second page of the previous sheet (and, consequently, covered the poem "Azure Eyes"). On the other side of the last sheet, the poem "Alexandrian Merchant", written by Cavafy. Indicated date ("Apr. 1893") and notes by the poet in pencil, below the text.

Manuscript of the poems "The Naval Battle", "The Glory of the Ptolemies" and notes on both sides of a sheet. The titles have been underlined and there is a line in red ink below each poem. The notes explain parts of the poems which are indicated with numbered indicators and pertain to translation issues. Terms and phrases in English.

Handwritten drafts of the poem "The Patriarch", on a sheet folded in a bifolio; on both sides of two loose sheets; on part of an envelope; on both sides of a sheet from a Collection of poems by Cavafy, with part of the poem "Caesarion" (the crossed out poem was printed in Alexandria in 1927; page number "8" at top right). Handmade folder with the handwritten title, the note "provisional title" and the date on the verso of a printed cover of a Collection of poems by Cavafy from the 1915-1924 period ("1924" is handwritten; the printed details on the recto of the cover have been crossed out in pencil).

Handwritten English translation of the poem "Tomb of Ignatius", by G. Valassopoulo on one side of a sheet; handwritten cancellations, emendations and notes by Cavafy on both sides of the sheet. Handwritten notes by Cavafy on the translation of the poem on one side of a cut piece of paper, on the verso of an official print by the National Bank of Egypt as well as at the bottom right of the recto of a broadsheet with the original poem, printed in 1922.

Autograph manuscript of the poem "Theodotus" on the first page of a ruled double sheet notepaper. The remaining pages are blank. Cancellation and emendation. Handwritten notes on the same page, on the recto of a sheet and on the recto of three pieces of paper, the last two of which bear numbers (2, 3) and date at top right ("3.10.'11").