Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Mm.5.21 (Breviary, Use of Rome)

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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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宣告无果而终。此后，图书馆手稿部职员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）启动了针对该馆藏开展更新著录的首次系统性尝试。平克自1948年起投身此项工作，直至1970年退休，期间多次修订了詹姆斯二十年前完成的手稿著录内容。他先在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，对附加类号（Additionals）序列的手稿进行著录工作——迈纳斯本人亦参与撰写了若干篇手稿著录——随后又转向处理双字母类号序列的手稿。平克与迈纳斯的未刊手稿著录均已以编号UA ULIB 7/3/75入藏剑桥大学档案馆。此前，二人全部手写著录副本均被制作了影印件，如今这些影印件已完成扫描，并以PDF文件形式在此开放下载。

在多数领域内，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。她所撰《剑桥大学图书馆1940年前入藏附加类中世纪手稿概要目录》于2009年由布鲁尔（Brewer）出版社出版，如今该目录连同其出版的概要著录所依托的更为详尽的手稿著录，均可在阿波罗（Apollo）平台获取。

如需了解更多信息，请参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）"Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library"，载《剑桥书目学会会刊》（2020年）；詹姆斯·弗里曼"H.L. Pink's descriptions"，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）。