Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Ff.4.41, ver. 2 (Ivo of Chartres, Panormia)

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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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（University Library）中世纪手稿的研究工作未能取得理想成果，此后该馆手稿部职员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）发起了对该馆藏进行更新著录的首次系统性尝试。平克自1948年起潜心从事此项工作，直至1970年退休，期间多次对二十年前詹姆斯完成的手稿著录进行修订。他在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，首先从附加类索书号（Additionals classmark）序列下的手稿着手——迈纳斯本人也参与了多篇手稿的著录工作，之后又转向双字母类索书号（Two-Letter classmark）序列下的手稿著录。
平克与迈纳斯的未刊手稿著录均以档案编号UA ULIB 7/3/75归档于大学档案馆（University Archives）。曾有阶段，他们的全部手写著录原稿被制作了影印副本。目前这些影印件已完成扫描，并以PDF文件的形式在此提供下载。
在多数方面，平克与迈纳斯针对附加类手稿的研究工作已被简·林罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的成果所取代。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，如今该总目连同其依托的手稿详细著录内容一同可在Apollo平台获取。
如需进一步了解相关信息，可参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）《剑桥大学图书馆藏西方中世纪手稿未刊著录》，《剑桥文献学会会刊》（Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society，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）。