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Title
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[Act XII (First Illustration) – Calisto, Melibea, Lucrecia, Pármeno, and Sempronio]
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Description
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As midnight approaches, Calisto, accompanied by Pármeno and Sempronio, departs for Melibea’s house. Calisto hears two women talking through the door, and he asks if Melibea is there. Lucrecia (likely the central figure) talks to him first, ensuring that he is really Calisto. She then retreats, allowing Calisto and Melibea (likely the two leftmost figures) to speak. Pármeno and Sempronio (likely the two rightmost figures) hear a commotion in the distance and begin to flee, but they return when they realize the noise is coming from the alguacil’s (justice’s) night watch, who are patrolling another street. However, the night watch soon enters on Melibea’s street, causing Calisto and his servants to flee. Calisto returns home to lament the short duration of his meeting with Melibea. Meanwhile, Sempronio and Pármeno pay a visit to Celestina, with the intention of demanding their share of the gold chain that Calisto had given her.[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)
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Jacobo Cromberger (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:19885
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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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mta_19885_OBJ.png
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Subject
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Spanish romances
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Calisto (Fictitious character)
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Melibea (Fictitious character)
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Lucrecia (Fictitious character)
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Sempronio (Fictitious character)
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Pármeno (Fictitious character)
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Servants
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Love
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Lovers
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Alguacil
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Justice
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Cowardice