Notes by Cavafy

GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF004-0023 (972)

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1. Ἀπ’ τὰ τελευταῖα χειρόγραφα 2. Κ. Π. Κ.
1. x Καλλιτέχνη 2. Ρίκα, 3. Σὰν γενναία 4. καὶ ἀνώτερη 5. καὶ x καπ 6. γυναίκα ποῦ 7. εἶσαι 8. λυπήσου 9. καὶ τὸν φίλον
1. Με ὅλην τὴν 2. καλὴ διάθεσι 3. καὶ μὲ τὲς 4. εὐλογίες μου.
1. Ἡ κομπρέσες 2. εἶναι ἐκεῖ τώρα ___ 1. Ἐπίσης ὅτι 2. ἴσα μὲ τώρα 3. τὸ ἀγκύλωμα 4. στὸ μέρος τῶν 5. σπυριῶν ἢ ~~καὶ~~ 6. ἐξογκωμάτων
1. καλὸ 2. πάνω 3. άνω 4. καὶ τὸν γέροντα 5. καὶ τὸν πάσχοντα 6. καὶ τὸν καλλιτέχνη 7. καὶ ξέχασε 8. τὴν σύγχυσι
1. πὲς ἕναν 2. νὰ ἔλθει 3. καὶ ἀράπης 4. ἂν εἶναι 1. γρήγορα ___ 1. βάλω 2. Νὰ βάλω 3. τὰ δόντια 4. μου
1. Ποῦ σ’ ἔδωσα ___ 2. Τὰ δάκρυά 3. μου τεκμηριοῦν 4. τὴν εἰλικρίνειαν 5. μου.
1. Πέρασε ἀπὸ τὸν Κο 2. Μυλωνᾶ καὶ πές του 3. ὅτι τὸν παρακαλῶ (ἂν 4. μπορεῖ) νὰ μὲ γράψει 5. σ’ ἕνα χαρτὶ τοὺς ἀριθμοὺς 6. τῶν 25 πωληθέντων 7. diamants Δὲν τοὺς 8. συνήθως 9. ἔβαλε (ὅπως ~~πάντα~~ κάμνει) 10. ~~ἡ Τράπεζα~~)
1. Ἐπάνω στὸν λογαριασμό ___
1. Ἀλέξανδρος 2. Φιλίππου καὶ 3. οἱ Ἕλληνες 4. πλὴν Λακ. ___ 5. ἀπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων 6. τῶν τὴν Ἀσίαν 7. κατοικούντων. ___
1. … “One soul in two bodies we were 2. recognized to be and by the 3. grace of God Christ that bond 4. has been kept unbroken 5. up to this day. ‘Mine’ and 6. ‘thine’, those frigid words, 7. were never spoken, and a 8. matter of still greater import 9. is that her prayers, of great 10. frequency throughout her 11. life, have reached the
1. ears of the Lord and have 2. raised me to my 3. present position of sovereign.
1. Aboukir 25 χιλιόμετρα (15 ½ μ.) 2. Δαμαγχούρ 75 -||- (περίπου 47 μ.) 3. San Stefano 9 -||- (5 ½ μ.) ___ 1. Ὁ Ἐλευθερουδάκης εἰς λέξιν "Γαυγάμηλα" 2. λέγει 40 χιλιόμετρα. ___ 1. Τὰ 500 στάδια τοῦ Ἀρριανοῦ κάμουν 2. (1 στάδιον = 177 μέτρο) 88 ½ χιλιόμετρα 3. = 56 μίλια ___
1. about 30 miles λέγει ὁ Grote ___ 2. Εἰς κάποιαν ἀπόστασιν, λέγει ὁ 3. Ἐλευθερουδάκης ___ 4. 30 20 μίλια ἀπόστασιν λέγει ὁ 5. Παπαρηγόπουλος ___ 6. Λεξικὸν Γεωγραφικὸν Σμίθ, λέγει 7. 20 μίλια ἀπόστασιν. ___ 8. British Encyclopaedia (1910) some 9. twenty miles away ___ 10. Βιογραφικὸν 11. Λεξικὸν ~~Γεωγραφικὸν~~ Σμὶθ 50 μίλια ___
1. πόσους Μήτε ἀπὸ τὸν νοῦ 2. φίλους!! μου περνοῦσε – 3. πόσους φιλολογικοὺς 4. φίλους ἔχω 5. στὴν Ἀθήνα 1. ~~ἀπ’ ἐδῶ~~ 2. ~~θάρθει;~~ 1. Νὰ τὸν περιμένω 2. ἐδῶ ___ 1. ἐδῶ 2. εἶμαι ___ 1. ἰδίως 2. στοὺς νέους 3. ἀνθρώπους. ___
1. Ἡ κλινικὴ τοῦ 2. Γιαλούση ποῦ εἶναι; --- 1. Περιμένω 2. τὸν ἰατρὸ 3. Βενάρδο 4. ποῦ εἶναι; 1. ἐντάξει ~~πέτε~~ 2. ___ ~~του~~ 3. πρὸ 26 ~~περὶ~~ 4. ἐκεῖ ~~τίνος~~ 5. ~~πρόκειται~~
1. Ἐκεῖνο ποῦ μὲ ἀνησυχεῖ, κὶ ποῦ 2. ὁπου θᾶ ἀπαιτηθεῖ μεγάλη προσοχή, 3. εἶναι ποῦ, μὴ ὑπαρχούσης ραδιοθεραπείας 4. ἐν Ἀλεξανδρεία, οἱ ἰατροὶ ἐκεῖ δὲν 5. θὰ εἶναι πολὺ au courant τοῦ 6. τί εἶναι ἀντίδρασις. Αὐτὴ κατὰ 7. τὸν Καναγκίνη, θὰ διαρκέσει ἴσως 8. μέχρι μέσων Δεκεμβρίου. 9. Συμπτώματα, σὰν αὐτὸ τοῦ πόνου, 10. τοῦ πρηξίματος, φανοῦν 11. ἢ ἄλεα ποῦ μπορεῖ νὰ ~~παρουσιασθοῦν~~, 12. φοβοῦμαι νὰ μὴν τὰ ἐκλάβουν 13. ὡς συμπτώματα παρουσιαζομένης 14. νόσου τινός, καὶ ὄχι συμπτώματα
1. τῆς ἀντιδράσεως. 2. 12. 10. 32
1. Πλύστρα 2. Πυτζάμες 3. ὅσοι μουσαμάδες 4. καὶ τούλ οι 5. 24 μαντύλια 6. 8 γρ. μικρὰ
1. Γιανν. 21-37
1. Ξανασυμβεῖ 2. γιατί δὲν 3. ξάπλωσες ἔξω 4. καὶ εἶσαι 5. ἔτσι ἄβολα ἐκεῖ 1 . accident περαστεῖ 2 . ποῦ δὲν 3 . μποροῦσε νὰ
1. ἐγὼ τὰ βάσανά 2. μου
1. ~~Πῶς ἐσὺ~~ 2. ~~καὶ ὁ Μαξ~~ ~~Τὴν ξέρω ἐγὼ~~ 3. ~~τὴν διαβάζετε~~ 4. ~~αὐτὴν τὴν~~ 5. ~~ἔλλειψη~~ 6. κακό 1. ἄδικο νὰ μάθει 2. ἰταλικὰ διεφθαρμ
1. σὲ σᾶς 2. τοὺς 2 τὰ 3. λέγω
1. ἂν κοιμᾶται 2. ἡ Σεγκοπούλου 3. νὰ τὴν ξυπνήσει
1. νὰ τὴν 2. δόσει 3. αὐτὸ
1. 29/3/33 2. τῆς εἶμαι 3. ἕνα pretexte ___ 1. ἀπὸ μῆνες ___
1. πάλιν μὲ 2. φροντίσατε 3. μέρα καὶ 4. νύχτα πολὺ 5. καλὰ
1. κι αυτὴν 2. τὴν στιγμή μὲ ___ 1. ανεβαίνει 2. γαργαλητό ___ 1. τοῦ λέγω 2. ἰατρὲ 3. προσοχὴ ἐδῶ 1. Σὰν νὰ 2. πρόβλεπα ___ 1. Ἐπειδὴ 2. διάβαζε 3. γρήγορα 4. γρήγορα ἕνα μέρος
1. Εὐχαριστῶ, Μὲ τὸ 2. Ἀλέκο μου, δίκιο σου 3. ποῦ στὲς φρικτὲς 4. αὐτὲς μέρες μου μὲ στέκεσαι 5. Για 6. κον
1. ἀγόρασα Καινούριο 2. βαμβάκι, καὶ 3. γάλα ἀπ’ τὸν Βαρσ ___ 1. Αὔριο τὸ πρωὶ πρὶν 2. βγεῖς ἀνέβα. Τί ὥρα 3. περίπου νομίζεις ὅτι 4. θὰ βγεῖς;
1. Α καὶ Ρ. 2. Πολὺ προτιμῶ τὴν ἴδια μέρα ποῦ κατεβεῖτε 3. σεῖς, νὰ κατεβῶ κ’ ἐγώ. 4. Η δικές μου ἡ προετοιμασίες γίνονται 5. σὲ μία ἢ μιὰ μιση ὥρα μέσα. Ὅπως στὸν Ἐρυθρὸ 6. Σταυρό: σὲ μιὰ μιση ὥρα εἶμαι ἕτοιμος 7. νὰ ν’ ἀπέλθω 8. Μερικὰ πακέτα θὰ κάμω. Ἔχω χαρτόνι 9. παληὲς ἐφημερίδες βρίσκω στὸ ἀναρρωτήριον.
1. 21-180 2. 9 Ὀδὸς 3. Λυσικράτους ___ 1. Ἀλεξάνδρου Μπενάκη ___ 1. πάντα μὲ μέσα 1. Μύρης ___ 2. Ὡραῖα λουλούδια κι ἄσπρα 2. Παντοῦ 3. Μὲσ στὰ Καπηλειὰ ___ 4. Δημάρατος 3. ἄλεο κλίμα 5. Πρὸς τὸν Ἀντίοχον Ἐ 4. κὶ ἐδῶ 6. Κίμων Λεάρχου ___ 1. Τώρα ποῦ βγῆκεν 2. ὁ σωλὴν δὲν μπορῶ 3. νὰ μιλήσω. Γράφω. ___ 1. Στὴν ἐπάνοδό του, 2. ἂν εἶμαι στὰς Ἀθήνας, 3. φεύγει 4. θὰ τοῦ μιλήσω. Φεύγει 5. αὔριο πρωί, γιὰ τὴν 6. Ἀγγλία, ὅπου πέθανε 7. ἡ νύφη του ἡ χήρα.
1. ~~XXXXXXX~~ II 2. Θὰ χρειασθοῦν δυὸ αὐτοκίνητα. Περνᾶτε καὶ 3. μὲ πέρνετε. Λέγω δυὸ αὐτοκίνητα – ἐξ αἰτίας τῶν ἀποσκευῶν. 4. Στὸ ξενοδοχεῖον: ἡ ἀπαιτήσεις μου εἶναι τίποτε. 5. στὸ κρεβάτι 6. Πάπλωμα ἀρκετὸ καὶ τὸ πρωί, τὸν καφέ μου τὸ πιὸ 7. νωρὶς ποῦ μποροῦν. Τίποτε ἄλλο – 8. Τὴν νύχτα, μὲ πήρεν ὁ ὕπνος μόνον στὲς 1. 9. Σηκώθηκα πάλι στὲς 3 ½ . Μετὰ κοιμήθηκα πάλι 10. ἀπ’ τὲς 4 ἴσα μὲ τὲς 5 ½. –Εἶμαι ὅμως καλά– 11. Ἐν τούτοις καλλίτερα νὰ κατεβοῦμε τὴν ἴδια μέρα. 12. Οἱονδήποτε δωμάτιον μὲ κάνει. – 13. Ἐννοεῖται ἡ Ρ. θὰ μὲ δώσει τὰ κλειδιὰ ~~ὥστε μετὰ~~
1. ὉΤΙ ΠΕῙ 2. Ὁ ΑΛΈΚΟΣ ΜΟΥ
1. Μιὰ μερίδα 2. ὄρνιθα ψητή, γκαρνιτούρα 3. δυὸ τρεῖς ~~πατ~~ πατάτες
1. Ει 2. Ἐπιτέλους 3. θὰ ἐπανέλθει 4. ἡ φωνή, 5. ἀλλὰ μπορεῖ 6. ν’ αργήσει
1. χωρὶς 2. ρεκλάμες 3. Καναγκίνης 4. ἀπ ἀπέριττος 5. ἐπιστήμων
1. À feuillage 2. ὁ ἔκτακτης 3. φήμης ἐν 4. Ἀθήναις 5. λαρυγγολόγος 6. Καναγκίνης

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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF004-0023 (972)

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Notes by Cavafy

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[1932-1933]

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Item

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33.5 x 25 cm

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F92_Φ13-35

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C. P. Cavafy

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Handwritten notes by Cavafy, some with date indications (1932 and 1933), on pieces of paper of various sizes, letterheads of the Cosmopolite Hotel in Athens, the hospital of the Greek Community of Alexandria and on advertisement brochures from Alexandria. Some of the notes are addressed to Alekos and Rica Singopoulo; other notes refer to poems or titles of poems of his. Two of the notes pertain to his health. A total of 23 pieces of paper inside a handmade folder of hard paper, entitled “From the last manuscripts of C.P.C.”, in a handwriting other than the poet’s (most probably Rica Singopoulo’s). Interpolated words and phrases in English. They are notes through which Cavafy communicated when he was longer able to speak, due to the tracheostomy he underwent in 1932 in Athens.

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CC BY-SA 4.0 Cavafy Archive Onassis Foundation

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Mainly Greek

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Writing in pencil and ink.

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).

“Myres: Alexandria in 340 A.D.” >Α344
“Beautiful, White Flowers As They Went So Well >Α346
“In the Taverns-” >Α368
“Demaratus” >Α192
“Cimon Son of Learchus, 22 Years Old, Teacher of Greek Letters (in Cyrene)” >Α581
“For Antiochus Epiphanes” >Α364
“In 200 B.C.” >Α385

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Notes (handwritten)

Literary and other characters:

Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) ^(H)

Philip II ^(H)

Works by C. P. Cavafy:

"Beautiful, White Flowers As They Went So Well"

"Cimon Son of Learchus, 22 Years Old, Teacher of Greek Letters (in Cyrene)"

"Demaratus"

"For Antiochus Epiphanes"

"In 200 B.C."

"In the Taverns"

"Myres: Alexandria in 340 A.D. "

Works by other authors:

British Encyclopedia

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography [Smith, William]

Lexiko Eleftheroudaki

PLACES:

Abukir / Abu Qir (Egypt)

Damanhur (Egypt)

Gaugamela (Iraq)

PERSONS:

Anastasiadis, Pericles A.

Benakis, Alexandros L.

Cavafy, C. P.

Kanagkinis, G.

Paparrigopoulos, Konstantinos

Singopoulo (Agallianou), Rica

Singopoulo, Alekos D.

CORPORATE BODIES:

Greek Community of Alexandria

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The diplomatic transcription of the handwritten notes in document GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF004-0023 (972) was carried out by Konstantinos Chryssogelos and edited by Christina Dounia.

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Cavafy, C. P.. “Notes by Cavafy”. Notes (handwritten), [1932-1933]. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF004-0023 (972), 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-SF02-S02-F25-SF004-0023.