Dr Ian Balfour is retiring, and writes:
While working on a Ph.D. thesis on Tertullian in the 1970s, I photocopied about 500 periodical articles and monographs on Tertullian from libraries all over the country (with appropriate permissions) and bound them in spring-back foolscap-size folders, and stored them at home.
My son took over our house in 2001, but allowed me to leave the collection there. He is now going to sell the house in the summer of this year, so I would like to find a good home for the collection.
I do not wish any payment for it, and the cost of transport would be for discussion between myself and anyone who was interested in taking it or any part of it.
I don’t have a typed index of the articles and books, but I could give some details of what is available to anyone who was interested.
If anybody would like to acquire this useful collection, please write to me using this form and I will forward this on.
He also adds:
… my 1980 University of Edinburgh Ph.D thesis, ‘The Relationship of Man to God, from conception to conversion, in the Writings of Tertullian’ is now available (with an English translation of non-English words and comments on it by Rene Braun of Nice) on my website, www.ianbalfour.co.uk.
An English translation of some German and French works, with the original and the translation on alternate pages, are also available on the website, and more are to follow.
Very useful indeed – thank you!
UPDATE: Dr Balfour writes to thank everyone for their enquiries. The outcome is that his collection will be transferred to the Union School of Theology at the end of April, and those wishing access will need to contact the librarian there.