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Title
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[Act IV – Lucrecia, Celestina, Alisa, and Melibea]
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Description
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Celestina arrives at Melibea’s house, where she is greeted by Lucrecia, Melibea’s servant. As an old friend of Melibea’s mother Alisa, Celestina gains entry under the false pretense of paying her a visit and selling yarn. The servant of Alisa’s dying sister arrives and informs Alisa that her sister has requested her presence. Alisa departs, leaving Celestina alone with Melibea and Lucrecia. She talks for a while with Melibea and eventually reveals that she is there on behalf of Calisto, sending Melibea into a fit of rage. Celestina manages to quell her rage with a lie, telling her that Calisto’s cure requires only her girdle and a handwritten charm/spell. Melibea gives Celestina her girdle (as depicted in this illustration), and she asks Celestina to return the following morning to retrieve the charm.All four figures are depicted wearing robes. Additionally, the three leftmost figures are wearing veils, and the central left figure (presumably Celestina) has a rosary in her right hand.[The figures in this illustration are used in multiple other illustrations throughout this edition.]
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver);Jacobo Cromberger (Printer)
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Jacobo Cromberger (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:19845
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Source Name
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Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea : en la qual se contiene de mas de su agradable e dulce estilo muchas sentencias filosofales : e auisos muy necessarios para mancebos : mostrandoles los engaños quastan encerrados en seruientes e alcabuetas : e nueuamente añadido el tractado de Centurio.
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Image
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Subject
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Spanish romances
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Celestina (Fictitious character)
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Lucrecia (Fictitious character)
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Melibea (Fictitious character)
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Alisa (Fictitious character)
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Servants
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Deception
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Lying
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Robes
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Veils
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Rosary
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