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Le Manteau (De Pallio)

Le Manteau (De Pallio) Vigiliae Christianae 63 (2009) 83-102 www.brill.nl/vc Vigiliae Christianae © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/157007208X312789 Reviews Tertullien, Le Manteau (De Pallio). Introduction, texte critique, traduc- tion, commentaire et index par Marie Turcan (Sources Chrétiennes 513), Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf 2007, 254 pp., ISBN 978-2-204-08493-2, € 29 (broché). Tertullian’s De Pallio is a curious, short Latin speech on the speaker’s con- scious change from the normal Roman toga to the philosopher’s pallium . After many years of neglect, this notoriously complex text, often consid- ered to be one of the most difficult pieces of Latin ever written, appears to have regained some scholarly attention. After the publication in 2005 of a full English translation and commentary of 332 pages by the author of this review, 1 the text has now finally also found its deserved place in the Sources Chrétiennes . Th e original text poses so many problems of idiom, syntax, style and content, that many additional comments are needed. Th is explains why in the SC, too, an entire volume is devoted to this relatively short text (counting only some 3300 words in Latin). Marie Turcan, a well known specialist of Tertullian, who has already http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

Le Manteau (De Pallio)

Hunink, Vincent
Vigiliae Christianae , Volume 63 (1): 83 – Jan 1, 2009
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Vigiliae Christianae 63 (2009) 83-102 www.brill.nl/vc Vigiliae Christianae © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/157007208X312789 Reviews Tertullien, Le Manteau (De Pallio). Introduction, texte critique, traduc- tion, commentaire et index par Marie Turcan (Sources Chrétiennes 513), Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf 2007, 254 pp., ISBN 978-2-204-08493-2, € 29 (broché). Tertullian’s De Pallio is a curious, short Latin speech on the speaker’s con- scious change from the normal Roman toga to the philosopher’s pallium . After many years of neglect, this notoriously complex text, often consid- ered to be one of the most difficult pieces of Latin ever written, appears to have regained some scholarly attention. After the publication in 2005 of a full English translation and commentary of 332 pages by the author of this review, 1 the text has now finally also found its deserved place in the Sources Chrétiennes . Th e original text poses so many problems of idiom, syntax, style and content, that many additional comments are needed. Th is explains why in the SC, too, an entire volume is devoted to this relatively short text (counting only some 3300 words in Latin). Marie Turcan, a well known specialist of Tertullian, who has already

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