Tertullian Matters: Two new English translations, and a new copy of the Junius 1597 edition at Tresoar

I learn today that Brepols have published some new English translations of two works by Tertullian: the Ad Martyras and the De Fuga in Persecutione. Both are translated by Thomas J. Heffernan for the Brepols Library of Christian Sources. The publisher page is here. I’ve added this to the Tertullian Project pages also. That makes the first update since 2023. Another interesting email reached me from Anne Popkema, at a library of which I had never heard – Tresoar in Frisia, in the Netherlands. It turns out that they hold a rare item – a copy of the 1597 Junius edition of the works of Tertullian, complete with a great number of annotations, and also a letter from Junius’ grandson: We hold one of the few copies (on the Continent) here at Tresoar, shelfmark F 1532. It was formerly part of the Dublin King’s Inns Library. Parts of it are quite heavily annotated in pencil, in what at first glance seems a late 18C hand to me. Also, we have a letter (5 August 1657) by Francis Junius F.N., a…