[Act XIV – Melibea and Calisto (Alternate)] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act XIV – Melibea and Calisto (Alternate)]
Subject: Spanish romances; Melibea (Fictitious character); Calisto (Fictitious character); Robes; Veils; Hats; Swords
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: France; Paris (France); Kingdom of France
Description: The left panel depicts Melibea wearing a veil and a robe. To the right, Calisto is wearing a hat and has a sword mounted on his belt, the latter of which is partially concealed by his coat. Both figures are placed outside. The left panel is identical to those found on pages 12 and 208, and is nearly identical to those found on page 84 (where it is labeled ‘Lucrecia’), pages 173, 287, 306, and 317 (labeled ‘Areusa’), and page 350 (labeled ‘Alisa’). The right panel identical to the one found on page 263, and nearly identical to those found on pages 70 and 114 (where it is labeled 'Sempronio'), page 187 (labeled ‘Sepronio’ [likely a printing error]), page 326 (labeled ‘Tristan’), and page 350 (labeled ‘Pleberio’).
Image Creator: Nicolas Cousteau (Illustrator); Nicolas Cousteau (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:18321
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
Image: mta_18321_OBJ.jpg