Un comentario a las Elegancias de Valla: la De fico super Laurentii Vallensis caput expositio de Cristóbal Escobar

This article aims to study a commentary on Valla’s Elegantiae linguae Latinae Book I, Chapter IV that was prepared by Antonio de Nebrija’s pupil Cristóbal Escobar. This commentary was included in the edition of de Nebrija’s Latin gramar that was prepared by Escobar for Italy (Venice, 1512). Compared to other pupils of de Nebrija’s pupils who wrote a brief commentary, that of Escobar is more detailed and discusses the state of the art about the topic. In this way Escobar provides his own opinion after reviewing those of some of the most important humanists of his time.