Matthäus Frank (Francus), The Siege of Malta by Turkish forces.

 
Date Description Source Reference
1565 A.D. Seventeen bell tents (very conical in shape). 

Most appear to have an up-turned crescent a top a ball apex, panel and valance definition, a couple in the front show two point guy rope attachment. Four of the bell tents have dark roofs while the rest are white.

Matthäus Frank (Francus), Active in Augsburg, 1559 - 1568. 

No. 6. The Siege of Malta by Turkish forces, 22 June 1565. C.F. Hans Wolf Glaser No. 4. Nuremberg (GM-HB 24885/1340).

Strauss, W.L., The German Single-leaf Woodcut 1550 - 1600, Volume 1, New York, 1975, p. 198.


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