Description by J.S. Ringrose and J.A. Freeman of Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 8586 (Alfonso de Cartagena, Doctrinal de los caballeros)

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、西班牙及葡萄牙后古腾堡时期研究中的卓越贡献而闻名于学术界。他拥有超过600件欧洲印刷品，时间跨度为1501-20年，这一庞大的个人收藏现已被剑桥大学图书馆作为一项特定期列收藏。然而，他与之相伴的少量西方中世纪手稿收藏却鲜为人知，这些手稿现亦存于大学图书馆，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，且关于此收藏的公开信息甚少。在2011至2017年间，Jayne Ringrose对这些手稿进行了详尽的描述，并由James Freeman进行修订和扩充。这些描述现已作为近期关于Norton中世纪手稿收藏研究的出版物之补充材料上传，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。