Morais, Ana Paiva2017-05-302017-05-3020151885-8597PURE: 1649431PURE UUID: 1fa0af41-2120-49eb-9ca3-1afe128fd3e8http://hdl.handle.net/10362/20835This article focuses on the textual function of proverbs, proverbial phrases and sentences in the portuguese medieval collection of fables, the Livro de Exopo 15th century manuscript 3270* held by the Austrian National Library. Occurrences examined show that proverbs and sentences are used in the Livro de Exopo according to a specific reading plan with a particular concern with the moral purpose of the fables. The last section of the article provides a list of proverbs, sentences and proverbial phrases in the Livro de Exopo based on data previously collected by Leite de Vasconcelos in his 1906 work.210220532spafableproverbsentenceexamplebrevitasjournal article