Engraving of act XV from the Burgos edition (1499)

Engraving of act XV from the Burgos edition (1499)

Fadrique de Basilea and anonymous engraver.

1499

Melibea speaks with Pleberio while Alisa listens. It is unclear if the image is in an interior or exterior. Melibea's image is a variation of what has been used in Acts I, X and XII. Alisa's image is almost identical to the one used in Acts IV and X but without the rosary. The floor is almost identical to the one used in Act XIII, very similar to the one used in Acts III, VII, VIII, X and XII.

This illustration is mentioned in Miguel Marciales' critical edition: Celestina Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, vol. I, pag. xxii, it was used in the Romance de Durandarte, by Alonso de Melgar, son-in-law of Fadrique de Basilea, in 1520 c., in Prague. It comes from a loose sheet from the University Library of the University of Prague.