Burgos (1531)
Title
Burgos (1531)
Creator
Juan de Junta and anonymous engraver
Date
1531
Description
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Tragicomedia d[e] Calisto y Melibea. Burgos: Juan de Junta, 1531. 26 engravings plus the cover. Some illuminated drop cap letters.
Almost all the images are factotums except the cover, Pármeno and Sempronio's jump out the window after killing Celestina (act XII), their execution (act XIII), Calisto climbing into the garden (act XIV, repeated in XIX), Calisto's fall (act XIX) and Melibea's suicide (act XX).
Description in the Edición e introducción crítica by Miguel Marciales (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1985), volume I, pg. 8: " V. Primera de Burgos, septiembre 12, 1531. Juan de Junta. Paradero desconocido."
There is a copy at the Biblioteca de Catalunya that has been digitalized and is online at Google Books where the images originate from. Also online at Cervantes Virtual.
File at UTSC
Illustration of the cover page in the Burgos edition (1531)
Composite scene with an unidentified servant, Calisto, Melibea and Lucrecia with their initials above them, and Celestina, also with initials, knocking at a door with the thread in hand; a tree in the center.
Image of act I of the Burgos edition (1531)
Six factotums and above seven names: Calisto, Melibea, Pármeno, Sempronio, Celestina, Elicia and Crito (there is no image for him). The image of Calisto is of an old man which is used in act XX for Pleberio; Sempronio wearing a turban, an image that…
Image of act II of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of Calisto, Sempronio and Pármeno and two factotums of houses in the right margin. Same character images as used in act I.
Image of act III of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of a tree, Sempronio, Celestina, Elicia and houses. The image of Sempronio is different from the ones used in earlier acts.
Image of act IV of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of houses, Celestina, Lucrecia, Alisa and Melibea. New image for Melibea, who in the other acts is portrayed with the same image as in act I.
Image of act V of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of Celestina, Sempronio, Pármeno, Calisto and houses.
Image of act VI of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of Calisto, Celestina, Pármeno, Sempronio and houses.
Second image of act VII of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of houses, Celestina, Parmeno, Areúsa and Elicia (image used previously for Lucrecia).
Image of act VIII of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of Pármeno, Areúsa, Calisto, Sempronio and houses.
Image of act IX of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of Sempronio, Pármeno, Celestina, Lucrecia, Elicia and Areúsa (image used previously for Lucrecia and Elicia).
Image of act X of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of Melibea, Celestina, Alisa, Lucrecia and houses.
Image of act XI of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of Celestina, Calisto, Sempronio, Pármeno and Elicia.
First image of act XII of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of Calisto, Lucrecia, Melibea, Pármeno and Sempronio.
Second image of act XII of the Burgos edition (1531)
Double image, Celestina's death at the hands of Pármeno and Sempronio with Elicia as witness on the left and their jump from the window and the judge sentencing them on the right. Only the house wall serves to partially separate the scenes.
First image of act XIII of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of a tree, Calisto, Tristán, Sosia and houses.
Second image of act XIII of the Burgos edition (1531)
Pármeno and Sempronio's execution scene with Sosia as witness, plus judge, two soldiers and another character pointing their fingers.
First image of act XIV of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of Melibea, Lucrecia, Sosia, Tristán and Calisto (new image of a young man for Calisto) (Sosia is shown as the image of the man with the turban used previously for Sempronio).
Second image of act XIV of the Burgos edition (1531)
Calisto climbs the ladder to the garden where Melibea and Lucrecia are waiting for him and outside Tristán and Sosia are armed. It is reused in act XIX.
Image of act XV of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotum of houses, Elicia, Centurio (man with a turban, which has already been used), Areúsa in mourning (image used previously for Alisa) and houses.
Image of act XVI of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of Melibea, Lucrecia, Pleberio, Alisa (image previously used for Celestina) and a tree.
Image of act XVII of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of a tree, Elicia, Areúsa, Sosia and houses.
Image of act XVIII of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of a tree, Centurio, Areúsa, Elicia and a house.
First image of act XIX of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of Sosia, Tristán, Calisto, Melibea and Lucrecia.
Second image of act XIX of the Burgos edition (1531)
Same image used in act XIV; Calisto climbing the ladder to the garden where Melibea and Lucrecia wait for him and outside Tristán and Sosia armed.
Third image of act XIX of the Burgos edition (1531)
Dead Calisto is taken by Sosia and Tristán after falling from the ladder.
First image of act XX of the Burgos edition (1531)
Factotums of houses, Pleberio (image used previously for Calisto), Lucrecia, Melibea and a tree.
Second image of act XX of the Burgos edition (1531)
Melibea throws herself from the tower while Pleberio opens his arms on the left side (variation of the image used in the previous act) and a woman with her hair down joins her hands in prayer.
