Estella (1557)
Title
Estella (1557)
Creator
Adrián de Amberes and anonymous illustrator
Date
1557
Description
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Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea. Estella, Adrían de Amberes, 1557.
24 illustration (plus the cover), one per act except acts XIII and XX, which have two (this is the version with 22 acts).
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There is a similar edition by the same printer dated 1560
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Cover page of the Estella edition (1557)
Busts of Calisto and Melibea with laurel crowns. Abbreviated names of the characters written above.
Illustration of act I of the Estella edition (1557)
Calisto in the garden and Melibea on a balcony. Curiously Calisto is shown with a bow.
Illustration of act II of the Estella edition (1557)
Calisto conversing with Pármeno and Sempronio in the interior of the house.
Illustration of act III of the Estella edition (1557)
Celestina and Sempronio speak in the street and Elicia coming out of a doorway. The same image is reused in act XVI.
Illustration of act IV of the Estella edition (1557)
Melibea hands over the girdle to Celestina, who carries a staff.
Illustration of act V of the Estella edition (1557)
Celestina walks through the street while a dog barks at her and a man and woman watch her from the doorway of a house. This does not appear to represent any specific scene from the act. Perhaps it is a reference to Pármeno's words in act I "si pasa…
Illustration of act VI of the Estella edition (1557)
Calisto, seated, speaks with Celestina, meanwhile Pármeno and Sempronio talk amongst themselves. the same engraving is reused in act XI.
Illustration of act VII of the Estella edition (1557)
Celestina and Pármeno stand at the foot of Areúsa's bed. The same scene is reused in acts XVII and XXII.
Illustration of act VIII of the Estella edition (1557)
Pármeno and Sempronio talk at the door of the house. The same image is used again in act XIII.
Illustration of act IX of the Estella edition (1557)
The banquet in Celestina's house with Pármeno, Sempronio, Elicia and Areúsa. A dog under the table is eating something. A large jug of wine beside Celestina.
Illustration of act X of the Estella edition (1557)
A difficult scene to understand as it does not correspond to the action in act X. A man approaches to speak to a woman who is sitting or has fallen down while the other one present stands. This could refer to the page who comes in search of Alisa,…
Illustration act XI of the Estella edition (1557)
The same illustration used in act VI, which shows Celestina talking with a seated Calisto, while Pármeno and Sempronio talk amongst themselves behind her.
Illustration of act XII of the Estella edition (1557)
Sempronio amd Pármeno stand guard while Calisto is at the gates of Melibea's garden. Because of the types of arms they carry it seems to be a military scene. Note that the shield Calisto carries has an image of a heart pierced by an arrow. The same…
First illustration of act XIII of the Estella edition (1557)
Scene used previously for act VIII to show Pármeno and Sempronio talking at the door of a house. Now it could represent them before entering Celestina's house and killing her.
Second illustration of act XIII of the Estella edition (1557)
Pármeno and Sempronio's execution. It is novel to include two women in the right margin watching from the window, as if referencing Elicia and Areúsa, although this detail does not occur in the text. This image is used again in act XX.
Illustration of act XIV of the Estella edition (1557)
A strange representation of Calisto's visit to Melibea which shows Sosia and Tristán in the same image and the ladder beside Melibea. The image seems to suggest that Melibea had descended from a tower using the ladder. The same image is used again in…
Illustration of act XV of the Estella edition (1557)
Image used in act X. Now it is used for the conversation of Areúsa and Elicia with Centurio. The same image is used again in acts XVIII and XXI.
Illustration of act XVI of the Estella edition (1557)
Same image used in act III that now seems to represent Alisa and Pleberio talking while Lucrecia listens in.
Illustration of act XVII of the Estella edition (1557)
Same image of a woman in bed and a man and another woman at the foot, used in act VIII representing there the visit of Pármeno and Celestina to Areúsa. Here the image does not make sense as it does not correspond to the action in the act. It is…
Illustration of act XVIII of the Estella edition (1557)
The same illustration as used in act X. Now it can be assumed it represents the conversation between Centurio, Areúsa and Elicia.
Illustration of act XIX of the Estella edition (1557)
The same illustration used in act XII. Now representing Calisto's visit to Melibea with Tristán and Sosia as escorts.
First illustration of act XX of the Estella edition (1557)
The same image as used in act XIV. Calisto's visit to Melibea's garden with Sosia and Tristán present.
Second illustration of act XX of the Estella edition (1557)
The same illustration used in act XIII Pármeno and Sempronio's execution. Now it does not seem to be connected with the action of the current scene, save for referencing the previous event.
Illustration of act XXI of the Estella edition (1557)
The same image used in acts XV and XVIII. Now it could represent Pleberio speaking with Alisa and Lucrecia present.
Illustration of act XXII of the Estella edition (1557)
The same image used in acts VII and XVII. Now it could be used to represent the conversation between Pleberio and Alisa with Lucrecia present.