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Title
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[Act XIII] Calisto.
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Description
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In this illustration, we see a male figure walking or running toward a tower, where a female figure is standing in the doorway and another male figure is leaning on the windowsill. The figure approaching from the right has a sword mounted on his belt and is lifting his hat from his head, while the woman in the doorway is wearing a robe and a veil. This illustration bears little resemblance to the events contained within the thirteenth act. There are no towers and no female figures mentioned in this act. We might infer that the figure approaching the tower is Sosia coming to deliver the news that Sempronio and Pármeno have been executed, although this is a loose association considering the rest of the image. As far as I can tell, it is also not found in any of the earlier Antwerp editions. I suspect that the use of this illustration (in place of the more relevant 1580 Antwerp edition illustration) may be a consequence of the 1580 woodblock being misplaced or destroyed in the intervening 36 years.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Heyndric Heyndricz (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:18263
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Source Name
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Celestina, Een Tragicomedie van Calisto ende Melibea, inde welcke staen veel profijtelijcke sententien oft spreecwoorden, ende veel nootzakelijcke waerschouwinghen, byzonder voor Jonghe-ghezellen, betoonende het groot bedroch vande Pluym-strijckers, van de ontrouwe Dienaers, ende voor al van de Koppelerssen en̄ lichte Vrouwē.
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Image
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