Lisbon (1540)

Title

Lisbon (1540)

Creator

L. Rodríguez and anonymous illustrator

Date

1540

Description

 

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Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea. Enla q̄l se cōtiene de mas de su agradable dulce estilo muchas sentēncias filosofales: auisos muy necessarios  a mācebos ...  nueuamente añadido el tractado de Centurio. Lisboa: L. Rodriguez, 1540.

21 ilustratons plust the cover. Many factotums

Record at the British Library General Reference Collection C.20.b.13.

By courtesy of the British Library and Amaranta Saguar

Description from Edición e introducción crítica de Miguel Marciales (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1985), tomo I, pg. 8:"Ee. Lixboa, noviembre 22, 1540. Luis Rodríguez. Ejemplar único existente en el Museo Británico: c.20.b.13."

Record at the USTC

Source

By courtesy of the British Library and Amaranta Saguar

Image of act 1 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Three factotums, Calisto with flowers, Melibea with girdle and Pármeno

Image of act 2 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Factotums of Calisto, Pármeno and Sempronio

Image of act 3 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Factotums of two characters and their names above. Sempronio with a sword, Celestina and Elicia.

Image of act 5 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Three factotums and four names: Sempronio, Celestina, Pármeno and Calisto

Image of act 6 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Three factotums and four names of the characters in this act: Calisto, Celestina, Pármeno and Sempronio. Same image of Calisto with flowers of act 1.

Image of act 7 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Factotums of Pármeno, Celestina, Areúsa and Elicia. Image of Areúsa with a girdle, used before for Melibea

Image of act 8 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Factotums of three characters and four names: Areúsa, Pármeno, Sempronio and Calisto

Image of act 9 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Three factotums and the names of Sempronio, Pármeno and Celestina

Image of act 10 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Four factotums and the names Melibea, Celestina, Alisa and Lucrecia

First image of act 12 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Three factotums and the names Calisto, Melibea, Lucrecia, Pármeno

Second image of act 12 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Death of Celestina. While one of the male characters holds her, the other is ready to stab her. Elicia is pulling her hairs. Curiously, there is a window or door with two characters outside. Shelves with cups and glass containers.

Image of act 13 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Execution of Pármeno and Sempronio with Sosias present.

Image of act 14 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Calisto on the stairs accessing the garden where Melibea and Lucrecia are waiting. Outside Sosia and Tristán armed.

Image of act 15 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Three factotums with the names of Elicia, Centurio and Areúsa.

Image of act 16 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Four names of Melibea, Lucrecia, Pleberio and Alisa. Three factotums

Image of act 17 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Three factotums with the names of Elicia, Areúsa and Sosia

Image of act 18 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Centurio, Areúsa and Elicia Factotums

First image of act 19 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)<br />
Same illustration as the one used in act 14 of Calisto entering the garden.

Second image of act 19 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)<br />
Calisto dead at the foot of the ladder is carried by Sosia and Tristan

First image of act 20 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Pleberio, Lucrecia and Melibea Factotums

Second Image of act 20 of the edition of Lisbon (1540)
Melibea's suicide with her and Pleberio. Two unidentified male characters on the margin are included. There is also an image of an object in the sky that may be Melibea's girdle or cord falling or another object.