Toledo (1538)

Title

Toledo (1538)

Creator

Juan de Ayala and anonymous illustrator

Date

1538

Description

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Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea [..] con el tratado de Centurio y el auto de Traso. Toledo: Juan de Ayala, 1538

They are the same images used in the Toledo edition (1526) by Remón de Petras. There are, however, curious factotum changes in the order of the charcacters, particular image choices, etc.

24 images, most factotums with the characters names written above. Included as complete images are the cover or introduction, Celestina's death and Sempronio and Pármeno's arrest (act XII, second illustration), their execution in another engraving (act XIII, second illustration), Calisto climbing into the garden (act XIV, second illustration), Calisto's fall and death (act XX, second illustration), and Melibea's suicide (act XXII).
The Hispninc Society of America via TeXTReD online has another copy of this book

Description in the Edición e introducción crítica by Miguel Marciales (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1985), volume I, pg. 8: "Bb. Cuarta de Toledo, febrero 28, 1538. Juan de Ayala. Edición que incluye el Auto de Traso. Carece de materia conclusoria. Un ejemplar en la Hispanic Society of America y otro la BNE R4423."

See catalogue number of other copies in the UTSC file.

Source

National Library

Illustration from the introduction of the Toledo edition (1538)
Calisto and Melibea are in the walled garden on the left. Celestina is carrying the rosary, string and a cane knocking on a door and a young woman (Lucrecia) leans out of the window to see who is knocking.

Illustration from act I from the Toledo edition (1538)
Five factotums and seven names above: Calisto, Melibea, Sempronio, Pármeno, Celestina, Elicia, Crito. Celestina is carrying the rosary and a cane. Some of the images are different from the equivalent images used in the Toledo edition (1526).

Illustration from act II from the Toledo edition (1538)
Five block factotum: houses, Calisto, Sempronio, Pármeno and houses. Sempronio has a beard and Pármeno is holding the bag. The houses are mirror images of a same model.

Illustration from act III from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of houses, Sempronio, Celestina, Elicia and a tree. This image changes two characters and the tree with respect to the equivalent model from the Toledo edition (1526).

Illustration from act IV from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums: houses, Lucrecia, Celestina, Alisa and Melibea. They speak in pairs, Celestina with Lucrecia and Alisa with Melibea. Celestina and Alisa are characterized as old women with their heads covered. The only difference from the Toledo edition…

Illustration from act V from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums: houses, Celestina, Sempronio, Pármeno and Calisto.

Illustration from act VI from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of houses, Calisto, Celestina, Pármeno and Sempronio.

Illustration from act VII from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of Pármeno, Celestina, Areúsa, Elicia and houses.

Illustration from act VIII from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of Pármeno, Celestina, Areúsa, Elicia and houses.

Illustration from act IX from the Toledo edition (1538)
Five factotums and six names above: Sempronio, Pármeno, Celestina, Elicia, Lucrecia, Areúsa.

Illustration from act X from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of Melibea, Celestina, Alisa, Lucrecia, all speaking in pairs, and houses.

Illustration from act XI from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of Celestina, Calisto, Sempronio, Pármeno and Elicia.

First illustration from act XII from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of Calisto, Lucrecia, Melibea, Pármeno and Sempronio.

Second illustration from act XII from the Toledo edition (1538)
Judge and two soldiers with Pármeno and Sempronio (one on the ground, the other jumping out the window) on the left side and on the right, Pármeno and Sempronio kill Celestina with swords while Elicia tears out her hair behind Celestina. Curiously…

First illustration from act XIII from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of buildings, Calisto, Tristán, Sosia and buildings. Tristán and Sosia are wielding swords.

Second illustration from act XIII from the Toledo edition (1538)
Pármeno and Sempronio's execution with two soldiers, a judge, Sosia observing and an executioner wearing a turban. One of the executed has a cross in his hand.

First illustration from act XIV from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of Melibea, Lucrecia, Sosia, Tristán and Calisto.

Second illustration from act XIV from the Toledo edition (1538)
Sosia and Tristán armed in the street while Calisto climbs the ladder to Melibea's garden. She waits for him inside with Lucrecia.

Illustration from act XV from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of Elicia, the moço (sic), Centurio, Areúsa and houses.

Illustration from act XVI from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of Melibea, Lucrecia, Alisa, Pleberio and houses.

Illustration from act XVII from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of casas, Elicia, Areúsa, Sosia and houses.

Illustration from act XVIII from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of houses, Areúsa, Elicia, unnamed character as the same one called "el moço" in the illustration from act XV, and Centurio.

Illustration from act XIX from the Toledo edition (1538)
Five factotums. This engraving does not seem to be in the Toledo edition (1526), although the characters are a recombination of the same usual images.

Illustration from act XX from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of Sosia, Tristán, Calisto, Melibea and Lucrecia. In the Toledo edition (1526) the first character on the left is Tristán and he has a different image.

Second illustration from act XX from the Toledo edition (1538)
Tristán and Sosia remove the dead Calisto, ladder and the garden wall in the background. Note that Calisto's shoes are on the ground.

Illustration from act XXI from the Toledo edition (1538)
Melibea throws herself from the tower while Pleberio watches.

Illustration from act XXII from the Toledo edition (1538)
Factotums of a tower, Pleberio, Lucrecia and Melibea. Above the tower appear the words "de la torre abajo." This image changes in order and attribution of the characters of the equivalent image in the Toledo edition (1526).