[Act I - Calisto Meets Melibea in a Garden] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act I - Calisto Meets Melibea in a Garden]
Subject: Melibea (Fictitious character); Spanish romances; Love; Lust; Calisto (Fictitious character); Hats; Cloaks; Robes; Veils; Falcons; Falconry; Gardens; Trees
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Spain; Burgos (Spain)
Description: While outdoors practicing falconry (in the top right corner we can see a bird that is presumably his falcon), Calisto enters the garden where he first meets Melibea. From the moment when he first lays eyes on her, he begins calling Melibea his goddess. In his own words, “por Dios la creo, por Dios la confieso y no creo que ay otro soberano en el cielo; aunque entre nosotros mora” (translation: by God I believe it, by God I confess it, and I do not believe that there is another sovereign in heaven; although she dwells among us) [Page 7 of the text].Calisto is depicted wearing a hat and a cloak of sorts, while Melibea is depicted wearing a robe and a veil.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Wood engraver);Fadrique de Basilea (Printer of plates); Anonymous (Wood engraver); Fadrique de Basilea (Printer of plates)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:11663
Language: spa
Source Name: Comedia de Calisto y Melibea
Parent Collection: 1499 Burgos de Basilea; 1499 Burgos de Basilea
Image: mta_11663_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Celestina
Subject: Melibea (Fictitious character); Spanish romances; Love; Lust; Calisto (Fictitious character); Hats; Cloaks; Robes; Veils; Falcons; Falconry; Gardens; Trees

Media: mta_11663_OBJ.jpg