Description by J.S. Ringrose and J.A. Freeman of Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 8587 (Gerardus de Vliederhoven, Cordiale quattuor novissimorum, translated into French as Les quattres choses derrenieres by Jean Miélot)

F.J. Norton (1904-1986) is best known to scholarship as a consequence of his important contributions to the study of post-incunabula in Italy, Spain and Portugal. His substantial personal collection of over 600 examples of European printing from the period 1501-20 is now held at Cambridge University Library as a named collection. Less well-known, however, is the small collection of western medieval manuscripts that Norton assembled alongside his library of early print and which are now also held at the University Library as MSS Add. 8275, and 8581-8589. These fell beyond the scope of recent published catalogues and hitherto little information about the collection has been available publicly. Between 2011 and 2017, Jayne Ringrose prepared full descriptions of the manuscripts, which have now been revised and expanded by James Freeman. They are uploaded here as an accompaniment to a recent publication on Norton’s collecting of medieval manuscripts and in order to make these items more widely known and accessible to researchers. For further information, see: James Freeman, ‘F.J. Norton’s manuscripts’, The Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society (forthcoming).

F.J.诺顿（1904-1986）在学术研究领域的知名度源于其对意大利、西班牙与葡萄牙地区后摇篮本（post-incunabula）印刷品研究的重要贡献。他所收藏的1501年至1520年欧洲印刷品共计600余件，现以命名馆藏的形式藏于剑桥大学图书馆（Cambridge University Library）。然而鲜为人知的是，诺顿在其早期印刷藏书之外，还汇编了一批西方中世纪写本小藏集，现亦藏于该馆，馆藏编号为MSS Add. 8275及8581-8589。这批写本未被近期出版的馆藏目录收录，迄今公开可获取的相关资料极少。2011年至2017年间，杰恩·林格罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）完成了这批写本的完整著录，后经詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）修订并扩充。本次上传的这批著录，既是为配合近期一篇关于诺顿中世纪写本收藏的研究成果发布，也是为了让这批藏品为更多研究者所了解与使用。如需进一步信息，请参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼，《F.J.诺顿的写本》，《图书馆：书目学会会刊（The Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society）》（即将刊出）。