Piercing Proverbial Crows’ Eyes: Theft and Publication in Renaissance France

By Emma Herdman

The ironic Latin proverb “cornicum oculos configere” was classically illustrated by the example of Gnaeus Flavius, celebrated for his theft and valuable but unauthorized publication of Rome’s legal secrets. Erasmus’s discussion of the proverb in the…

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