Le premier est un poème en russe, au crayon, par A. Vasiliev

Poetry

By Prof Alexander A. Vasiliev written the 7th of July 1952 in Paris and left on his desk in the Byzantine Institute Incorp. 4 rue de Lille. It was the day of my mariage and V. was invited for lunch. He was sure it was the birthday of my wife, we celebrated together in Monte Carlo a year before.

Boris Ermoloff

V. died May 29th 1953 in Washington.