Unpublished description by R.A.B. Mynors of Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 4115 (Publius Ovidius Naso, Ars amatoria, Remedia amoris and Tristia)

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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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，此后该馆手稿部职员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）启动了对该馆藏进行更新式描述的下一次系统性尝试。平克于1948年起辛勤开展此项工作，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描述初稿。他最初在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，优先处理了附加类索书号序列下的手稿——迈纳斯本人亦参与撰写了多篇手稿描述；随后他又转向双字母索书号序列下的手稿编目描述工作。平克与迈纳斯的未刊手稿描述均已以档案编号UA ULIB 7/3/75入藏剑桥大学档案馆。其后，二人手写的全部描述手稿均被制作了影印件，目前这些影印件已完成扫描，并以PDF文件形式在此开放下载。在多数研究场景中，平克与迈纳斯针对附加类手稿的编目成果已被杰恩·林格罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的相关研究取代。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，如今该总目亦可在阿波罗平台（Apollo）上获取，同时附带了支撑该出版总目详细描述的手稿原始细节内容。如需获取进一步相关信息，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描述》，《剑桥书目学会会刊》（2020年）；詹姆斯·弗里曼《H.L.平克的手稿描述》，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）。