Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Hh.3.13 (Iohannes de Burgo, Pupilla oculi; pseudo-Bonaventure, Meditationes uitae Christi; Þe X commowndementes; and other texts)

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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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中世纪手稿的研究工作未能取得预期成果。此后，图书馆手稿部职员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）启动了针对该馆藏更新描述的下一次系统性尝试。平克于1948年起潜心从事此项工作，直至1970年退休，期间多次修订二十年前由詹姆斯完成的手稿描述。在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，平克首先从附加类索书号序列（Additionals classmark sequence）的手稿入手，迈纳斯本人亦撰写了多篇手稿描述；随后平克转而针对双字母类索书号序列（Two-Letter classmark sequence）的手稿开展描述工作。平克与迈纳斯的未出版手稿描述均已以UA ULIB 7/3/75的馆藏编号入藏剑桥大学档案馆。此后，二人全部手写手稿描述稿本被制作了影印副本，目前这些影印副本已完成扫描，可在此以PDF文件形式下载。在多数研究场景中，平克与迈纳斯针对附加类手稿的研究成果已被杰恩·林格罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的相关工作取代。她所著的《剑桥大学图书馆1940年前入藏附加类中世纪手稿总目》于2009年由布鲁尔出版社（Brewer）出版，目前该出版物及支撑该出版性总目描述的更详细手稿解读均可在Apollo平台获取。更多相关信息可参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）《剑桥大学图书馆未出版西方中世纪手稿描述》，载《剑桥书目学会会刊（Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society）》（2020年）；以及詹姆斯·弗里曼《H.L.平克手稿描述》，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）。