“C. P. Cavafy Poems”

GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F02-SF003-0001 (2056)

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DIGITAL OBJECT DESCRIPTION

IDENTITY AREA

REFERENCE CODE:

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F02-SF003-0001 (2056)

TITLE:

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“C. P. Cavafy Poems”

DATE(S):

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1914-1915

LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION:

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Item

EXTENT AND MEDIUM:

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30.5 x 19 cm

CONTEXT AREA

NAME OF CREATOR(S):

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C. P. Cavafy

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

SCOPE AND CONTENT:

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Cavafy’s collection containing 25 poems of the 1910-1915 period. Two pieces of paperboard are used as front and back covers. On the cover, the title: “C. P. Cavafy Poems. Alexandria 1910-1915”, handwritten by the poet. The original date was “1914”, corrected to read “1915” in ink of a different colour. Inside, two blank sheets and then 25 broadsheets, all numbered by hand at top right of the recto; 24 of them are printed. The poem “Alexandrian Kings” handwritten on two sheets with page numbering “13α’, β'”. The verso of all broadsheets is blank, except for that of sheet 13α’ which bears a handwritten note by Cavafy. Handwritten cancellation and emendation in one of the poems (“Far Off”, sheet 23). The poems are followed by a blank sheet and a printed table of contents in chronological order, in two columns. The broadsheets were printed at two different printing houses (Kasimatis & Ionas and M. C. Fakos) and date to 1914 and 1915.

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA

CONDITIONS GOVERNING REPRODUCTION:

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CC BY-SA 4.0 Cavafy Archive Onassis Foundation

LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT NOTES:

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Greek

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

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Writing in ink. Watermark: L. J. & Cie Basseau. Physical item wear: all sheets bear a hole from a staple in the top left.

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).

“The City”>A107
“The Satrapy”>Α108
“Ides of March”>Α111
“Finished”>Α112
“Sculptor from Tyana”>Α114
“God Abandons Antony”>Α116
“Song of Ionia”>Α46
“Dangerous”>Α123
“The Glory of the Ptolemies” >Α121
“Ithaca” >Α122
“Philhellene”>Α127
“Herodes Atticus”>Α125
“Alexandrian Kings”>Α129
“Come Back”>Α131
“In the Church”>Α227
“Very Rarely”>Α132
“As Much As You Can”>Α133
“In Stock”>Α133
“I Went”>Α133
“The Tomb of Lysias the Grammarian”>Α135
“Tomb of Eurion”>Α135
“Chandelier”>Α137
“Far Off”>Α152
“But Wise Men Apprehend What Is Imminent”>Α385
“Theodotus”>Α138