[Act I – Melibea and Calisto] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act I – Melibea and Calisto]
Subject: Spanish romances; Melibea (Fictitious character); Calisto (Fictitious character); Veils; Hats; Canes; Walking sticks; Robes
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: France; Paris (France); Kingdom of France
Description: The left panel depicts Melibea standing outside, wearing a veil and a robe. To the right we see Calisto, also outside, wearing a hat and holding a long item of some sort, perhaps a cane or walking stick.The left panel is identical to those found on pages 208 and 271, and nearly identical to those found on page 84 (where it is labeled ‘Lucrecia’), pages 173, 287, 306, and 317 (where it is labeled ‘Areusa’), and page 350 (where it is labeled ‘Alisa’). The right panel is identical to those found on pages 60, 122, 225, and 235, and nearly identical to the one found on page 317 (where it is labeled ‘Centurio’).
Image Creator: Nicolas Cousteau (Illustrator);Nicolas Cousteau (Printer); Nicolas Cousteau (Illustrator); Nicolas Cousteau (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:18294
Source Name: Célestine, en laquelle est traicte des deceptions des serviteurs envers leurs maistres et des macquerelles envers les amoureux, translaté d'ytalien en françois
Parent Collection: 1527 Paris Cousteau; 1527 Paris Cousteau
Image: mta_18294_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Celestina
Subject: Spanish romances; Melibea (Fictitious character); Calisto (Fictitious character); Veils; Hats; Canes; Walking sticks; Robes

Media: mta_18294_OBJ.jpg