Description by J.S. Ringrose and J.A. Freeman of Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 8589(3) (fragment of a Psalter)

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. Norton（1904-1986）因其在意大利、西班牙和葡萄牙后木版印刷研究领域的卓越贡献而闻名于学术界。他个人收藏了超过600件1501-20年间欧洲印刷品，现作为指定收藏品存于剑桥大学图书馆。然而，他收集的少量西方中世纪手稿则鲜为人知，这些手稿与他的早期印刷品图书馆一同存于大学图书馆，编号为MSS Add. 8275以及8581-8589。这些手稿超出了近期出版的目录范围，且关于该收藏的信息公开甚少。在2011至2017年间，Jayne Ringrose对这些手稿进行了全面描述，这些描述后来由James Freeman修订和扩展。这些描述现已作为近期关于Norton收集中世纪手稿的出版物附件上传，旨在使这些物品更加广为人知，并便于研究者查阅。欲了解更多信息，请参阅：James Freeman，《F.J. Norton的手稿》，《图书馆：图书目录学会的学报》（即将出版）。