Salamanca (1590)
Title
Salamanca (1590)
Creator
Juan and Andrés Renau and anonymous illustrator
Date
1590
Description
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Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea. Salamanca: Juan and Andrés Renaut, 1590.
21 images (one per act and two in act XII but there is no image in act XXI) plus three on the cover.
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First image of the cover page of the Salamanca edition (1590)
A composite scene of Celestina knocking on the door holding the thread, Lucrecia at the window, Calisto and Melibea in the garden, a horse and a woman. Low quality image the seems to have been inspired by the cover page of the Valencia edition (1514)…
Second image of the introduction of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Factotum of Celestina with her rosary.
Image of act I of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Factotums of Calisto and Melibea, possibly the encounter in the garden.
Image of act II of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Two factotums of an old and a younger man and above the names Calisto, Pármeno and Sempronio.
Image of act III of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Two factotums, man and woman, and above the names of Sempronio, Celestina and Elicia. The first factotum is the one used in act I for Calisto. The second has her head covered and the rosary so she must be Celestina.
Image of act IV of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Two factotums of women and above the names Celestina, Lucrecia, Alisa and Melibea. The first, an old woman, covered with something in hand, this could be Celestina, although the image is not the same as the one used in the previous act for this…
Image of act V of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Celestina and Sempronio approach the door of Calisto's house, where he is speaking with Pármeno. This image is used again in acts XI and XVI.
Image of act VI of the Salamanca edition (1590)
An image without meaning in this act due to its seeming representation of act XVIII, where it is reused there appropriately, where Melibea and Lucrecia listen while Pleberio and Alisa speak about the possible marriage of their daughter. Above the…
Image of act VII of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Scene in two frames of the visit of Pármeno and Celestina to Areúsa. On the left hand part the first two are speaking and in the right hand part the following scene of Pármeno lying with Areúsa. Above are written the names of Celestina, Pármeno,…
Image act VIII of the Salamanca edition (1590)
This scene does not appear to have anything to do with the action in this act. If it represents anything it would be Melibea's suicide although there are many characters. Additionally, in act XX a different image is used for Melibea's suicide.
Image of act IX of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Banquet scene at Celestina's house with five characters, two men and three women. It does not appear to show a banquet but rather a meeting. Above are the names of Sempronio, Pármeno, Celestina, Elicia, Areúsa and Lucrecia.
Image of act X of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Two factotums of women, representing Melibea and Celestina. Above, the names Melibea, Alisa, Celestina, Lucrecia are written.
Image of act XI of the Salamanca edition (1590)
The same image used in act V to show the visit of Celestina and Sempronio to Calisto's house, who is speaking with Pármeno. Written above is Celestina, Sempronio, Calisto and Pármeno. Used again in act XVI.
Image of act XII of the Salamanca edition (1590)
While Melibea and Lucrecia wait on the crenelated garden wall, Calisto climbs the ladder and Pármeno and Sempronio keep watch.
Image of act XIII of the Salamanca edition (1590)
The execution of Pármeno and Sempronio with an executioner and two male characters as witnesses.
Image of act XIV of the Salamanca edition (1590)
The same image used in act XII, now for Calisto's visit to Melibea's garden with Sosia and Tristán.
Image of act XVI of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Scene already used in acts V and XI but here it doesn't seem to have any relation with the events in the act.
Image of act XVII of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Factotums of an unidentified man and woman, probably representing Areúsa and Sosia's encounter, although these factotums have been used previously for other characters.
Image of act XVIII of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Melibea and Lucrecia listen behind the door while Pleberio and Alicia discuss the marriage of their daughter.
Image of act XIX of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Sosia and Tristán transport Calisto's body, after falling from the ladder.
Image of act XX of the Salamanca edition (1590)
Melibea throws herself from the tower while two women watch. Note the absence of the character of Pleberio.