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21.9 x 27.9 cm
Handwritten notes and short letters by Cavafy to Nikos and Eftychia Zelita, on seventeen parts of sheets of various sizes, cards and small pieces of paper. One side of some is blank. Date indications (“13/8/28”, “26 Feb. 926” and illegible note) on three of the sheets. Reference to the Grammata publishing house of Alexandria, to Cavafy’s collection (the Collection 1907-1915 is referred to by name) as well as the newspaper I Laiki Foni newspaper of Volos. The messages usually pertain to a meeting among them or some other sort of favour.
Greek
Plain paper, writing paper, graph paper, paperboard. Watermarks: Georgian Bond, [Jyväskylä?] Linen Bank, as well as section of others that are indiscernible. Black ink and pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations and small holes in several sheets.
The item has been published in: D. Daskalopoulos, Eis ta perichora Antiocheias and Keryneias, Ikaros, Athens 2006, pp. 82-89. The author has dated some parts of the item on the basis of indications in the distribution lists of the broadsheets or in other lists (p. 81), resulting in extending the time period they cover (1923?-1928). His personal information regarding two of the names mentioned is also used.
Cavafy, C. P.. “Short letters and notes by Cavafy to Eftychia and Nikos Zelitas.”. Letter, n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F29-0003 (1884), 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-F29-0003.
