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Title
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[Act XIII – Many Bystanders Observe as Sempronio Is Executed After Pármeno, Who Lies Dead Behind Him]
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Description
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After murdering Celestina, Pármeno (lying dead on the stretcher) and Sempronio (on his knees in the foreground) jump from a third storey window in her house and are captured by the alguacil’s (justice’s) men. The justice then sentences them to execution by public decapitation. Crowds gather to witness the proceedings (as seen in this illustration). Sosia, one of Calisto’s servants, witnesses the event and rushes to inform his master. Tristan, another of Calisto’s servants, sees Sosia walking toward the house in tears and asks him the nature of his sorrow. Sosia explains the events that had unfolded. They ascend to Calisto’s bedroom and inform him of the tragic news, and he becomes melancholic. When he asks the cause of their execution, Sosia explains that they murdered Celestina because she would not give them their share of Calisto’s gold chain. Calisto blames the unfortunate circumstances on Celestina’s treacherous and deceptive ways.
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Image Creator
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Hans Weiditz (Illustrator)
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Haynrich Stayner (Heinrich Steiner) (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:18597
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Source Name
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AInn recht liepliches buechlin unnd gleich ain traurige Comedi (so von den Latinischen Tragicocomoedia genant wirt) darauß der leser vast nurzlichen bericht/ von schaden unngefar fleischlicher lieb/ untrewe der diener/ ausserz der gemaynen weber/ list und geyrzigkait der kupler/ und gleych als inn eynem spiegel mancherlay sitten unnd aygenschafft der menschen/ sehen und lernen mag.
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Image
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Subject
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Spanish romances
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Sempronio (Fictitious character)
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Pármeno (Fictitious character)
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Alguacil
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Justice
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Punishment
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Executions
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Public executions
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Decapitation
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Murder
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Death
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Crowds
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