Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.5.2 (Psalter, Use of Utrecht)

Following the unsuccessful conclusion in 1930 of M.R. James’s work on the University Library’s medieval manuscripts, the next concerted attempt to produce updated descriptions of the collection was undertaken by Harold Pink, a member of staff in the Library’s Department of Manuscripts. Pink laboured on this task from 1948 until his retirement in 1970, in many instances revising those descriptions produced by James twenty years earlier. He began with those manuscripts in the Additionals classmark sequence, under the guidance of Roger Mynors, who himself contributed a number of descriptions, before later moving on to producing descriptions of manuscripts within the Two-Letter classmark sequence. Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75. At some stage, photocopies were made of the entire stock of their handwritten descriptions. These have now been scanned and are made available here for download as pdf files. In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose. Her Summary catalogue of the Additional medieval manuscripts in Cambridge University Library acquired before 1940 was published by Brewer in 2009, but is now also available on Apollo, together with more detailed descriptions of the manuscripts on which the published summary descriptions were based. For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman, 'H.L. Pink's descriptions', Cambridge University Library Special Collections Subject Guide (https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/manuscripts-university-archives/subject-guides/medieval-manuscripts-2/hl).

1930年，M.R. 詹姆斯（M.R. James）针对剑桥大学图书馆（Cambridge University Library）中世纪手稿的研究工作宣告终结且未获理想成果，此后该馆手稿部职员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）启动了针对该馆藏的新一轮系统性更新描述项目。平克自1948年起辛勤投身此项工作，直至1970年退休，期间多次修订二十年前詹姆斯所完成的手稿描述文稿。他在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，首先从附加类索书号序列中的手稿入手——迈纳斯本人也参与撰写了多篇手稿描述——随后转而处理双字母类索书号序列下的手稿描述工作。平克与迈纳斯的未刊手稿描述文稿均以UA ULIB 7/3/75的馆藏编号入藏剑桥大学档案馆（University Archives）。此前曾有人将二人全部手写的手稿描述文稿复印留存，如今这些复印件已完成数字化扫描，以PDF文件形式在本页面供用户下载。平克与迈纳斯针对附加类手稿的研究成果，在绝大多数层面已被简·林格罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的相关研究取代。她于2009年由布鲁尔出版社（Brewer）出版的《剑桥大学图书馆1940年前入藏附加类中世纪手稿总目》，现已可在Apollo平台获取，同时配套发布了支撑该出版总目的更为详尽的手稿描述内容。如需进一步了解相关内容，请参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）《剑桥大学图书馆藏西方中世纪手稿未刊描述》，载《剑桥书目学会会刊》（Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society）2020年刊；以及詹姆斯·弗里曼《H.L.平克的手稿描述》，载剑桥大学图书馆特藏主题指南（https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/manuscripts-university-archives/subject-guides/medieval-manuscripts-2/hl）。