[Act X – Melibea, Celestina, and Lucrecia Talking as Alisa Approaches] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act X – Melibea, Celestina, and Lucrecia Talking as Alisa Approaches]
Subject: Spanish romances; Melibea (Fictitious character); Celestina (Fictitious character); Lucrecia (Fictitious character); Servants; Pain; Heartache
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Germany; Augsburg (Germany); Free Imperial City of Augsburg; Holy Roman Empire
Description: After Lucrecia (left-central figure) tells Celestina (right-central figure) that Melibea (rightmost figure) has requested her presence, they both go to Melibea’s house. There, Melibea informs Celestina about the pain in her heart and asks what the cause might be. [The identity of the leftmost figure is uncertain, since Alisa does not enter the scene until after the next illustration. This may be intended to represent another of Melibea’s servants.]
Image Creator: Hans Weiditz (Illustrator); Marx Wirsung (Printer); Sigismund Grymm (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:20008
Source Name: Ain hipsche Tragedia von zwaien liebhabenden mentschen ainem Ritter Calixstus unn ainer Edlen junckfrawen Melibia genannt/ deren anfang müesam was/ das mittel sieß mit dem aller bittersten ir bayder sterben beschlossen.
Parent Collection: 1520 Augsbery Weiditz, Wirsung & Grymm (Coloured)
Image: mta_20008_OBJ.png