Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 3441 (Diurnal, Benedictine Use)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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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未能圆满收尾，此后哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）——该馆手稿部职员——启动了针对该馆藏更新编目描述的首次系统性后续尝试。平克自1948年起潜心投入此项工作，直至1970年退休，其间多次修订了詹姆斯二十年前完成的手稿描述。在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，他首先从附加类（Additionals）索书号序列的手稿着手，迈纳斯本人也参与撰写了若干条描述；后续他又转向处理双字母索书号序列下的手稿。平克与迈纳斯的未刊手稿描述均已以编号UA ULIB 7/3/75入藏剑桥大学档案馆。

曾有阶段，二人全部手写描述文稿的完整库存被制作为影印件。如今这些影印件已完成扫描，可在此处以PDF文件形式下载。

平克与迈纳斯针对附加类手稿的研究成果，在绝大多数层面已被简·林罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的相关工作所取代。她所著的《剑桥大学图书馆1940年前入藏附加类中世纪手稿概要目录》于2009年由布鲁尔（Brewer）出版社出版，目前也可在Apollo平台获取，同时附带了支撑该出版概要描述的更为详尽的手稿说明。

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描述》，载《剑桥书目学会汇刊》（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）。