Draft of a text by C. P. Cavafy

GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S02-F05-0012 (506)

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DIGITAL OBJECT DESCRIPTION

IDENTITY AREA

REFERENCE CODE:

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S02-F05-0012 (506)

TITLE:

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Draft of a text by C. P. Cavafy

DATE(S):

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n.d.

LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION:

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Item

EXTENT AND MEDIUM:

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41.9 x 43.3 cm

FORMER REFERENCE CODE:

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F61_Φ27-31

CONTEXT AREA

NAME OF CREATOR(S):

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C. P. Cavafy

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

SCOPE AND CONTENT:

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Handwritten draft of an article on all sides of a double sheet notepaper with affixed addition. Reference to the journal Lanterne Sourde and to the initiative to approach the literary production of Egypt and the Western world. Commentary on the potential contribution of Greeks in Egypt to this effort. Cancellations and emendations.

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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Double sheet notepaper; affixed addition of plain paper. Pencil and black ink. Watermark: Aerobank JRF. Physical item wear: oxidations in one sheet.

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).

[On the intellectual approach between Egypt and the West] >Α733

NOTES AREA

NOTE:

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Although the manuscript itself is not dated, one may note that the Lanterne Sourde was published in the period 1921-1931. See also Hala Halim, Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism: An Archive (Fordham University Press, New York 2013, p. 115), where it is estimated that the text dates to 1928.