Los Comentarios Reales of Inca Garcilaso, according to an anonymous manuscript of 1613: philological and discussion aspects

Abstract

There is an early summary of the Royal Commentaries of the Inca Garcilaso, dated at the beginning of June 1613, among the manuscripts treasured by the father of Ávila and preserved today in the National Library of Spain, which, to date, has not been practically studied. In this work we try to demonstrate, among other things, that the manuscript was written by Francisco de Ávila, as well as discover the reasons that could lead the author to make an extract of the Garcilasian work. Summary that seems to start a new textual type: the review or scientific review. To carry out this task, an interdisciplinary perspective is adopted, which allows us to shed light on aspects of this manuscript that would otherwise go unnoticed.