Venice (1541)
Title
Venice (1541)
Creator
Giovanni, Antonio and Pietro Nicolini da Sabbio
Date
1541
Description
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Rojas, Fernando de, Antonio, Giovanni and Pietro di Nicolini da Sabio, Tragicomedia di Calisto e Melibea. Venice: 1541.
Complete title that contains a reference to the images:
"Celestina. Tragicomedia de Calisto et Melibea nuovamente tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma. Dapoi ogni altra impressione nuovissimamente corretta, distinta, ordinata, et in più commoda forma ridotta. Adornata di tutte le sue figure aogni atto corrispondenti lequal cose nelle altre impressione non si trovava"
Total of 17 engravings (16 and cover).
See file at USTC.
Source
Cover page of the Venice edition (1541)
The same as Sevilla (1523)'scover page. A variation of the cover pages by Cromberger from Sevilla (1511) (1502) but completely redesigned. Now it also includes a dog and Sempronio and Celestina's initialshave been added on top of the corresponding…
Illustration of act I of the Venice edition (1541)
Five factotums and written above are the names of the characters in the act, repeating Calisto's twice to indicate he is the one who speaks first in the act. Calisto's name is the only one that coincides with the factotum of an image, although it…
Illustration of act II of the Venice edition (1541)
Four factotums of characters and one of houses. Above only the names of Calisto, Sempronio and Pármeno appear, which do not coincide with the characters over which they are been situated.
Illustration act IV of the Venice edition (1541)
Four factotums of characters and houses. Above, without coinciding with the images --two male and two female--, the names Celestina, Lucrecia, Elicia and Melibea.
Illustration of act VIII of the Venice edition (1541)
Four factotums of characters --three men and a woman-- and houses. Above are written the names Pármeno, Areúsa, Sempronio, Calisto, and Pármeno repeated, the one who begins speaking first in this act.
Illustration of act IX of the Venice edition (1541)
Five factotums and above the names of the characters who appear in the act: Sempronio, Pármeno, Elicia, Celestina and Lucrecia, and later repeated, Sempronio to indicate he is the first to speak in the act.
Illustration of act X of the Venice edition (1541)
Four factotums and houses. Above, four names: Melibea, Celestina, Lucrecia, Elisa and Melibea repeated to indicate it is she who speaks first in the act. There is a masculine character between the images.
Illustration of act XI of the Venice edition (1541)
Five factotums and above the names Celestina, Sempronio, Calisto, Pármeno and Elicia that appear to coincide with the image order. Celestina's name is repeated twice for being the first to appear in the act.
Illustration of act XII of the Venice edition (1541)
Five factotums and above the names of Calisto, Sempronio, Pármeno, Lucrecia, Melibea, Pleberio, Alisa, Celestina, Elicia, and repeated Calisto for being the first to speak in the act.
Illustration of act XIII of the Venice edition (1541)
Five factotums of houses, three characters and a tree. Above, the names Calisto, Tristanico, Sosia and Calisto repeated, for being the first to speak in the act. One of the factotums is a woman.
Illustration of act XIV of the Venice edition (1541)
Five factotums of characters, two women and three men, and above, the names of Melibea, Lucrecia, Sosia, Trístanico, Calisto and Melibea repeated for being the first to speak in the act. The order of the characters appears to coincide, but the first…
Illustration of act XV of the Venice edition (1541)
Four characters and houses. Above, Areúsa, Centurione ruffian [sic] and Elicia. The name Elicia repeated for being the first to speak in the act.
Illustration of act XVI of the Venice edition (1541)
Five factotums (two women and three men) and above, the names of Pleberio, Alisa, Lucrecia, and Melibea. Pleberio's name repeated for being the first to speak in the act.
Illustration of act XVII of the Venice edition (1541)
Four factotums of characters (three women and one man) and houses. Above, the names Elisa, Areúsa and Sosia, with Elicia repeated for being the first to speak in the act.
Illustration of act XVIII of the Venice edition (1541)
Four factotums of characters (three women and one man) and houses. Above is written Elicia, Centurione ruffian [sic] and Areúsa, with the name of Elicia repeated for being the first to speak in the act.
Illustration of act XIX of the Venice edition (1541)
Five factotums (two women and three men) and above, the names Sosia, Tristanico, Calisto, Melibea, Lucrecia, and Sosia repeated for being the first to speak in the act.
Illustration of act XX of the Venice edition (1541)
Factotums of a tree, three characters (two men and one woman) and houses, written above Pleberio, Lucrecia, Melibea and Pleberio repeated for being the first to speak in the act.