Description by J.S. Ringrose and J.A. Freeman of Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 8589(2) (fragment of a copy of the Convocations of Canterbury, 1342)

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刻印刷研究方面的重大贡献而闻名于学术界。他私人收藏的600余件欧洲印刷品，时间跨度为1501年至1520年，现已成为剑桥大学图书馆的特定收藏。然而，他同时收集的少量西方中世纪手稿却鲜为人知，这些手稿与其早期印刷品图书馆一同存放在大学图书馆，分别为MSS Add. 8275以及8581-8589。这些手稿超出了近期出版的目录范围，关于此收藏的公开信息也极为有限。在2011年至2017年间，Jayne Ringrose对这批手稿进行了全面描述，并由James Freeman进行修订和扩展。这些描述现已作为Norton收集中世纪手稿近期出版物的一部分上传，旨在使这些藏品更加广为人知，并为研究者提供更便捷的获取途径。欲了解更多信息，请参阅：James Freeman，《F.J. Norton的手稿》，《图书馆：文献学会会刊》（即将出版）。