Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 3069 (Collectar, Benedictine Use)

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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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后，下一次针对该馆藏开展系统性更新编目描述的尝试，由图书馆手稿部职员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）牵头推进。平克自1948年起潜心投入此项工作，直至1970年退休，期间多次修订詹姆斯二十年前完成的手稿编目描述。他在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，率先从附加类（Additionals classmark sequence）索书号序列的手稿入手——迈纳斯本人亦参与撰写了若干篇编目描述——随后又转向两字母类（Two-Letter classmark sequence）索书号序列的手稿编目工作。平克与迈纳斯的未刊手写编目描述均已以UA ULIB 7/3/75的编号入藏剑桥大学档案馆。此前，他们的全部手写编目原稿均被制作成影印副本，如今这些影印件已完成扫描，并以PDF文件形式在本站开放下载。
在多数领域，平克与迈纳斯针对附加类手稿的编目研究成果已被简·林格罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的相关工作取代。她编撰的《剑桥大学图书馆1940年前入藏附加类中世纪手稿概要目录》（Summary catalogue of the Additional medieval manuscripts in Cambridge University Library acquired before 1940）于2009年由布鲁尔出版社（Brewer）出版，目前亦可在阿波罗平台（Apollo）上获取，同时配套发布了支撑该概要目录的更为详尽的手稿描述内容。
如需获取更多相关信息，请参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）的《剑桥大学图书馆未刊西方中世纪手稿描述》（"Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library"），刊载于《剑桥书目学会会刊》（"Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society"）2020年刊；以及詹姆斯·弗里曼的《H.L.平克的手稿描述》（"H.L. Pink's descriptions"），载于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）。