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Letter·34 CDF art. 175·1972

Correspondence between Schaeffer, Pelon and Nicolaou on objects lent to and returned late to the Cyprus MuseumClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer and Kyriakos Nicolaou

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Typed in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 7 of letter 34 CDF art. 175 (Correspondence between Schaeffer, Pelon and Nicolaou on objects lent to and returned late to the Cyprus Museum), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 175, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 7 of 8

Printed: LE CASTEL BLANC / 14, RUE TURGOT / ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE

10 November 1972

Monsieur K. NICOLAOU Curator of the Archaeological Museum NICOSIA Island of Cyprus

Dear Mr Nicolaou,

Thank you for your letter of 13 October, which M. Pelon forwarded to me. My archaeological deposit at the Collège de France has had to be transferred to an annex room because of transformation works. My files and racks have been piled up, so that research is difficult for the moment. As soon as I have access to these documents again, I will gather what must be returned to your Museum. In the meantime, I remain responsible for these loans.

I have learned that you were going to come to Paris to give lectures. I am delighted with Madame Schaeffer at this opportunity to see you again. Please inform me of the dates of your presence here.

Please present the best regards of my wife and my very respectful homage to Madame Nicolaou and believe, dear Mr Curator,

Handwritten: a l'espre. de nos amis. Schaeffer

[handwritten: P.S. see this exhibition] [handwritten: signature]

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