Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.3.2 (Augustine, Sermo cuiusdam ariani, Contra Felicem manichaeum, Contra Fortunatum manichaeum, 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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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无果而终后，图书馆手稿部职员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）启动了对该馆藏进行更新著录的首次系统性尝试。平克于1948年至1970年退休前一直致力于此项工作，其间多次修订了二十年前詹姆斯完成的手稿著录。他最初在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，对附加类索书号序列下的手稿开展著录工作——迈纳斯本人也参与撰写了多篇手稿著录——随后转而处理双字母类索书号序列中的手稿。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。后续工作人员将二人全部手写著录制作成影印本，现已完成扫描并以PDF文件形式在此提供下载。
在多数领域中，平克与迈纳斯针对附加类手稿的研究成果已被简·林罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的相关工作所取代。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年由布鲁尔出版社（Brewer）出版，目前该目录可在阿波罗平台（Apollo）上获取，同时附带了支撑该出版概要著录的更为详尽的手稿细节描述。
如需进一步了解相关信息，请参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）《剑桥大学图书馆未刊西方中世纪手稿著录》，《剑桥书目学会会刊》（2020年）；詹姆斯·弗里曼《H.L.平克的手稿著录》，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）