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The volume presents a medieval Catalan collection of a hundred counsels and maxims gathered with accompanying illustrations, introduced by a prologue recounting manuscript discovery and editorial issues. It compiles succinct aphorisms on moral conduct and practical wisdom, interspersed with critical commentary that compares variants, notes contradictions among proverbs, proposes classification by seriousness and social tone, and defends popular religious wisdom against modern skepticism. The tone is essentially Catholic and didactic, blending folkloric sayings with reflections on their uses, origins, and value as concentrated moral lessons.
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