[Act XIX – Sosia and Tristan Lifting Calisto After He Has Fallen to His Death] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act XIX – Sosia and Tristan Lifting Calisto After He Has Fallen to His Death]
Subject: Spanish romances; Calisto (Fictitious character); Sosia (Fictitious character); Tristan (Fictitious character); Servants; Falls; Falling; Death; Walls; Ladders
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Germany; Augsburg (Germany); Free Imperial City of Augsburg; Holy Roman Empire
Description: When midnight approaches yet again, Calisto visits Melibea while Sosia and Tristan stand guard. As he and Melibea talk, he hears a scuffle in the street. Tristan informs him that it is just Thraso and his companions, and that Sosia has managed to scare them off. Regardless, Calisto climbs the high garden wall and, descending the outside ladder too quickly, falls to his death. To avoid exposing him to dishonour, Sosia and Tristan carry him away (as seen in this illustration). Meanwhile, Melibea laments the tragic loss of her lover.
Image Creator: Hans Weiditz (Illustrator);Haynrich Stayner (Heinrich Steiner) (Printer); Hans Weiditz (Illustrator); Haynrich Stayner (Heinrich Steiner) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:18604
Source Name: AInn recht liepliches buechlin unnd gleich ain traurige Comedi (so von den Latinischen Tragicocomoedia genant wirt) darauß der leser vast nurzlichen bericht/ von schaden unngefar fleischlicher lieb/ untrewe der diener/ ausserz der gemaynen weber/ list und geyrzigkait der kupler/ und gleych als inn eynem spiegel mancherlay sitten unnd aygenschafft der menschen/ sehen und lernen mag.
Parent Collection: 1534 Augsberg Weiditz Steiner; 1534 Augsberg Weiditz Steiner
Image: mta_18604_OBJ.png
Collection: Celestina
Subject: Spanish romances; Calisto (Fictitious character); Sosia (Fictitious character); Tristan (Fictitious character); Servants; Falls; Falling; Death; Walls; Ladders

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