1844 : MIGNE : Paris, by Jacques-Paul Migne, Patrologia Latina, vols I and II. This was printed on cheap paper, meaning the paper copies are pretty fragile now. Worse still, the font used is ancient and hard to read, and each page has two columns, which are numbered instead of numbering the pages. There are some 221 volumes, and not much in the way of indexes. Copies are available on open shelves at the British Library in the Humanities reading room 1, Cambridge University Library, and the Bodleian Library in Oxford, to my certain knowledge.
In 1981 Brepols of Turnhout in Belgium brought it back into print, and their web page states they intend to keep it that way, with a mixture of reprints and original copies. They will do mail order, using VISA, and quoted me a price (in Euros!) of about £40 per volume. See their website for more details, although I found I had to email them for contact details..
Migne's text is a somewhat careless collection of everything he could lay hands on. As such, it is a far more complete collection of the fathers than anything subsequent. For the Tertullian volumes, it is the final incarnation of the Rigaltius edition, with amendments by the future Cardinal Pitra. For the difficult birth of the PL, see Soltner, L, REAug 21 (1975), pp.317-343 (CTC 1997, §11).
Chadwyck-Healey have digitised all this onto 5 CD-ROM's, making it far easier to use, albeit at a price - I was quoted £27,000! Mind you I have heard in the grapevine a price of $2,000... Read about this product on their Patrologia Latina home page. It isn't very difficult to find second-hand copies of the originals, however.
There's a copy of the CDROM available from the terminals in the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and at the Cambridge University library.
Contents
Vol. 1
| Conspectus totius novae Editionis. | |
| Syllabus rerum quae in primo tomo continentur. | |
| NOVAE EDITIONIS PRAEFATIO. | Col. 9-10 |
| Art. I. De auctoritate Tertulliani. | 11 |
| Art. II. De recto usu Tertulliani. | 18 |
| Art. III. De litterariis Tertulliani Annalibus. | 32 |
| Saeculo IX. | 33 |
| Saeculo X. | Ibid. |
| Saeculo XI. | Ibid. |
| Saeculo XIII, XIV. | 34 |
| Saeculo XV. | 35 |
| Saeculo XVI. | 36 |
| Saeculo XVII. | 45 |
| Saeculo XVIII. | 59 |
| Saeculo XIX. | 66 |
| Art. IV. De nova editione Parisiensi. | |
| VITA Q. SEPT. FLORENT. TERTULLIANI, auctore Jacobo Pamelio. | 41 |
| DISSERTATIO de vera aetate ac doctrina Scriptorum quae supersunt Q. S. F. Tertulliani, auctoribus C. Lumper. et Aug. Noesselt. | 85 |
| Art. I. De Tertulliani ingenio, stylo et existimatione. | 89 |
| Art. II. De libris Tertulliani quorum et aetas et orthodoxia constant. | 96 |
| Art. III. De libris Tertulliani quorum et aetas et montanismus constant. | 122 |
| Art. IV. De libris Tertulliani quorum vel aetas, vel doctrina, vel utraque latet. | 144 |
| Art. V. De libris quorum non nisi montanismus patet. | 157 |
| Art. VI. De libris quorum nec aetas, nec doctrina clara est. | 168 |
| PARADOXA TERTULLIANI, cum antidoto Jacobi Pamelii. | 180 |
| PROVERBIALES FORMULAE toto opere hoc Tertullianico contentae, brevibus scholiis illustratae, auctoribus B. Rhenano et Andrea Hoyo Brugensi. | 209 |
| OPERUM TERTULLIANI PARS PRIMA, IN QUA CONTINENTUR LIBRI ANTE SUSCEPTUM AB AUCTORE MONTANISMUM SCRIPTI. | 257 |
| SERIES PRIMA. LIBRI APOLOGETICI. | Ibid. |
| APOLOGETICUS adversus Gentes pro Christianis. | Ibid. |
| DISQUISITIO J. Laur. Mosheim de aetate Apologetici Tertulliani initioque persecutionis Severi. | 535 |
| AD NATIONES liber primus. | 559 |
| Liber secundus. | 585 |
| DE TESTIMONIO ANIMAE. | 607 |
| AD MARTYRES. | 619 |
| DE SPECTACULIS. | 627 |
| DE IDOLOLATRIA. | 661 |
| LIBER AD SCAPULAM. Appendix ad libros apologeticos. | 697 |
| DISSERTATIO D. Le Nourry in Apologeticum, libros ad Nationes et ad Scapulam. | 705 |
| Caput I. Analysis Apologetici. | Ibid. |
| Caput II. De Apologetici aetate, titulo, versione graeca et stylo. | 735 |
| Caput III. De Apologetici manuscriptis codicibus, editionibus et variorum in eum paraphrasibus, scholiis et observationibus. | 756 |
| Caput IV. De duobus Tertulliani ad Nationes libris. | 755 |
| Caput V. De Tertulliani libro ad Scapulam. | 774 |
| Caput VI. Novae in hos libros observationes, quibus primum ostenditur christianam religionem fultam esse sacris Veteri Testamenti scriptis. | 781 |
| Caput VII. De Deo, divinisque ejus attributis, ac quot qualesve gentilium philosophorum de illa dissensiones et errores. | 804 |
| Caput VIII. De Christi divinitate. | 822 |
| Caput IX. De Christo Deo et homine. | 854 |
| Caput X. De Angelis et hominibus. | 867 |
| Caput XI. De mortuorum hominum ad vitam revocatione, extremo Dei judicio, aeternis impiorum poenis ac praemiis justorum, atque animarum ante ultimum judicium receptaculis. | 891 |
| Caput XII. De Christianis, illorumque moribus ac legibus. | 906 |
| Caput XIII. Quam absurde ethnici jactaverint pares alias philosophorum suorum atque Christianorum virtutes. | 923 |
| Caput XIV. De Christianorum jejuniis, poenitentiae operibus ac variis ritibus. | 933 |
| Caput XV. De sacris Christianorum synaxibus. | 948 |
| Caput XVI. De christianis martyribus. | 963 |
| Caput XVII. Quibus argumentis Tertullianus demonstret Christianos iniquissime et contra omnium legum praescripta ab ethnicis vexatos et trucidatos fuisse. | 976 |
| Caput XVIII. Quam absurde ethnici objectarent se ad vexandos negandosque Christianos quibusdam suis legibus teneri, qui quoslibet sanctiores tam saepe quam impune violabant. | 986 |
| Caput XIX. De legibus in Christianos datis et imperatorum in eos odio vel favore. | 1005 |
| Caput XX. De laesae divinae majestatis criminibus quorum Christiani tam falso quam impudenter ab ethnicis illorum reis accusabantur. | 1015 |
| Caput XXI. De laesae majestatis humanae criminibus quorum reos agere Christianos ethnici perperam conabantur. | 1040 |
| Caput XXII. Christianos nec publicos esse hostes nec factiosos, sed gentiles qui illos horum criminum accusabant. | 1050 |
| Caput XXIII. Christianos publicarum cladium non esse caussam. | 1066 |
| Caput XXIV. Quam absurde ethnici conquerebantur Christianos reipublicae esse inutiles, atque idcirco exterminandos. | 1079 |
| Caput XXV. Quibus argumentis Tertullianus demonstret falsam esse gentilium religionem ac falsos omnes illorum deos. | 1094 |
| Caput XXVI. Quam luculenter Tertullianus ethnicorum literis, scriptisque ostendet falsos esse omnes illorum deos. | 1102 |
| Caput XXVII. Expenduntur alia Tertulliani argumenta quibus falsos nullosque esse gentilium deos demonstrat. | 1113 |
| Caput XXVIII. Quanta insulsitate Romani venditaverint se sua in deos pietate meruisse totius orbis imperium. | 1121 |
| Caput XXIX. De deorum imaginibus, statuis et simulacris. | 1128 |
| Caput XXX. De gentilium templis et sacrificiis. | 1138 |
|
SERIES SECUNDA. | |
| LIBRI DOGMATICI ANTE SUSCEPTUM AB AUCTORE MONTANISMUM SCRIPTI. | 1143 |
| LIBER DE ORATIONE. | Ibid. |
| PROLEGOMENA Muratorii. | Ibid. |
| Ad lectorem Panciroli praefatio. | 1145 |
| DE BAPTISMO adversus Quintillam liber. | 1197 |
| DE POENITENTIA liber. | 1223 |
| DE PATIENTIA liber. | 1249 |
| AD UXOREM liber I. | 1273 |
| Liber II. | 1287 |
| DE CULTU FOEMINARUM, liber I. | 1303 |
| Liber II. | 1315 |
Vol. 2
| Praemittitur liber DE PRAESCRIPTIONIBUS adversus haereticos | col. 10 |
| Proemium | Ibid. |
| Argumentum partis prioris. | 11 |
| Propositio prima. |
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Vol. 3
This contains the indexes to vols.1 and 2.
Online:
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A list of all MSS known to him, extant or otherwise. Fascinating!
This page has been online since 11th December 1999.
