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-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF003-0001 (947)
TITLE:
Records the name of the unit of description.
Draft letter by Cavafy to unknown recipient
DATE(S):
Identifies the date of creation of the unit of description.
[August 1891]
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.
FORMER REFERENCE CODE:
Records the former identifier of the item as given by the Historical G. P. Savvidis Catalogue.
CONTEXT AREA
NAME OF CREATOR(S):
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CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA
SCOPE AND CONTENT:
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Handwritten draft letter by Cavafy to an unknown recipient on Chios, on a ruled double sheet notepaper. Reference to the weather conditions on Chios as well as to common acquaintances of the two men. The poet describes in great detail festivities in Alexandria, on the occasion of 600th anniversary of the establishment of the Swiss Confederation, a fact that could date the draft letter to August (“Aug.” noted in pencil at top left of the first page and references to that month in the text) 1891. Reference to the summer social life of Alexandria as well as to a visit by a Greek warship (the “Ares”) to the city. Cancellations, abbreviations. Interpolated phrases in French. The end of the text is missing.
CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA
CONDITIONS GOVERNING REPRODUCTION:
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LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT NOTES:
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PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
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Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: holes and tears. Watermark: Gouvernement Egyptien.
Key-words aiming to facilitate search within the fonds.
Metadata in machine-readable format
DOI: 10.26256/ca-sf02-s01-ss01-f17-sf003-0001
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