22 June 2026
Prints, Religion, and Visual Culture in Renaissance Europe
In his book The Cartographic Fool Michael J. Sauter uncovers the story of the “Fool’s Cap Map,” an engraving published ca. 1595 in Antwerp. Placing it in northern Europe during the Wars of Religion, the book identifies its maker, Philips Galle, restores its title, Nosce Te Ipsum (“Know Thyself”), and explains its motifs as a brief Catholic response to the Reformed Church’s embrace of global maps.
Author: Michael J. Sauter
