[Act I – Pármeno (?), Calisto, Melibea, Sempronio, and Celestina]

Title

[Act I – Pármeno (?), Calisto, Melibea, Sempronio, and Celestina]

Period

1500-1550;

Geographic

Spain

Seville (Spain)

Castile (Kingdom)

Description

This image depicts multiple events in the first act. On the right, we see what is, presumably, the scene in which Sempronio visits Celestina to request her assistance on behalf of Calisto. To the left of this, the interaction between two figures is likely intended to represent the scene in which Calisto first encounters Melibea. The leftmost figure could be either Pármeno or Crito, although Pármeno’s relationship with Calisto, along with his greater importance in the narrative, signals that this is likely meant to represent Pármeno. Celestina is depicted wearing a robe and veil, with a rosary in her right hand. Melibea is wearing a robe. The three male figures are wearing hats, while Pármeno and Sempronio have swords.[The figures in this illustration are used in multiple other illustrations throughout this edition.]

Image Creator

Anonymous (Engraver);Jacobo Cromberger (Printer)

Anonymous (Engraver)

Jacobo Cromberger (Printer)

Type

StillImage

Woodcut

Identifier

mta:19842

Source Name

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.

Parent Collection

1502 Seville Cromberger

1502 Seville Cromberger

Image

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Collection

Celestina

Subject

Spanish romances

Pármeno (Fictitious character)

Calisto (Fictitious character)

Melibea (Fictitious character)

Sempronio (Fictitious character)

Celestina (Fictitious character)

Servants

Love

Hats

Swords

Robes

Veils

Rosary