Propugnaculum Europae: Warhaffte, Eigentliche vnd Außführliche Bbeschreibung der viel vnd weitberühmbten Africanischen Insul Malta
Propugnaculum Europae is a 1610 German account of the Mediterranean island of Malta, written by Hieronymus Megiser and printed for readers interested in the Knights Hospitaller and the island's history. Its woodcut pictures show armoured knights, a Maltese cross, and clerical or noble figures in long robes set within printed text columns, with some hand colouring and a few emblematic scenes of trees, birds and broken objects that a designer could use for period costume, heraldic motifs, or early modern book-page layout.
