Malaca conquistada : poema heroico
Malaca conquistada is a heroic poem by Francisco de Sá de Meneses, published in Lisbon in 1658 by Paulo Craesbeeck, about Afonso de Albuquerque's conquest of Malacca. The pictures are small square decorative initials in woodcut style, with letters E, C, N and E framed by dense scrollwork, knots, leaves and round studs cut in heavy black line on a tan ground. A designer could take from them a model for compact framed monograms and printer's ornament, where the letter is set inside a bordered square and filled with interlace.
