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DIGITAL OBJECT DESCRIPTION

IDENTITY AREA

REFERENCE CODE:
Records the unique identifier that has been appointed to the unit of description by the archivists, in order to facilitate references made to the fonds on an international level.
GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F32a-0001 (2203)
TITLE:
Records the name of the unit of description.
“Prayer”
DATE(S):
Identifies the date of creation of the unit of description.
1898
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION:
Identifies the level of arrangement of the unit of description (fonds, sub-fonds, series, sub-series, file, sub-file, item).
Item
EXTENT AND MEDIUM:
Records the extent of the unit of description. In case of an item description, it records the exact dimensions of the item.

24 x 18 cm

CONTEXT AREA

NAME OF CREATOR(S):
Identifies the author or the creator of the unit of description.

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

SCOPE AND CONTENT:
Provides a summary of the scope (such as, time periods, geography) and content of the unit of description.

Two-page printed leaflet with the poem “Prayer” on the third page. On the first page, the title of the poem, place indication (Alexandria), the name of the Lagoudakis printing house and the date inside a border. On the second page, the poem is printed with the indication “July 1896” and the signature “Const. Cavafy” underneath.

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA

LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT NOTES:
Identifies the language(s) and script(s) employed in the unit of description.

Greek

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Provides information about important physical characteristics of the unit of description.

Physical item wear: oxidations. Conserved.

ALLIED MATERIALS AREA

RELATED WORKS BY C. P. CAVAFY:
Reference to the works of C. P. Cavafy that are directly related to the described digital object, followed by their number of entry in the C. P. Cavafy Bibliography (ed. by D. Daskalopoulos).

“Prayer” >A55

ACCESS POINTS

Key-words aiming to facilitate search within the fonds.
SUBJECTS:
Pamphlet
Poem (printed)
Works by C. P. Cavafy:
"Prayer"
PLACES:
PERSONS:
Cavafy, C. P.
CORPORATE BODIES:
J. C. Lagoudakis (press) Alexandria

DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

ARCHIVAL NOTES:
Records the names of the authors of the Archival Documentation.

Pamphlet Α3.

CITATION:
For citation purposes, please use the reference provided here.

Cavafy, C. P.. ““Prayer””. Pamphlet, 1898. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F32a-0001 (2203), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds (Post-2012 Acquisitions). From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF03-F32a-0001.

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