Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Ff.1.6 (Compilation of Middle English verse ('The Findern Manuscript'))

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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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（Cambridge University Library）中世纪手稿的研究工作宣告无果而终。此后，该馆手稿部职员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）启动了对该馆藏进行系统性更新描述的首次集中尝试。平克自1948年起便潜心投入此项工作，直至1970年退休，期间多次对詹姆斯二十年前完成的手稿描述进行修订。他最初在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，从追加类馆藏编号序列（Additionals classmark sequence）下的手稿入手——迈纳斯本人也参与撰写了多篇手稿描述——随后转而处理双字母类馆藏编号序列（Two-Letter classmark sequence）下的手稿描述工作。平克与迈纳斯的未出版手稿描述均以编号UA ULIB 7/3/75入藏大学档案馆（University Archives）。其后，他们手写的全套手稿描述文稿均被制作了影印件。如今这些影印件已完成扫描，并以PDF文件的形式在此提供下载。在绝大多数方面，平克与迈纳斯针对追加类手稿的研究成果已被杰恩·林罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的相关工作取代。她所撰写的《剑桥大学图书馆1940年前入藏的追加类中世纪手稿总目》（Summary catalogue of the Additional medieval manuscripts in Cambridge University Library acquired before 1940）于2009年由布鲁尔出版社（Brewer）出版，如今该总目及其所依托的手稿详细描述均可在阿波罗（Apollo）平台上获取。如需获取更多信息，请参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）《剑桥大学图书馆藏西方中世纪手稿未出版描述》，载《剑桥书目学会会刊》（Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society）2020年版；詹姆斯·弗里曼《H.L.平克的手稿描述》，剑桥大学图书馆特藏部主题指南（https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/manuscripts-university-archives/subject-guides/medieval-manuscripts-2/hl）。

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该数据集包含H.L. Pink对剑桥大学图书馆MS Ff.1.6手稿的未出版描述，手稿为中古英语诗歌汇编。数据集以PDF形式提供扫描的手写描述，开放获取。