Fragment of a handwritten prose text by Cavafy on the life and work of the sophists, on both sides of six ruled sheets (pages 5-15). The odd pages are numbered at top right in pencil. The text includes footnotes. The beginning and the end of the text are missing.

Manuscript of the prose text "A Few Pages on the Sophists" on both sides of three ruled sheets and on the recto of a fourth sheet (its verso is blank). Footnotes and bibliographical references on five pages. Only page 7 is numbered; at its bottom the signature "C.P.C.". Cancellations and emendations. The four sheets are enclosed in a ruled double sheet notepaper, with the handwritten title. The title has been underlined and there is a line in red ink at the end of the text.