Description by J.S. Ringrose and J.A. Freeman of Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 8275 (Aristotle, Ethica and pseudo-Aristotle, Oeconomica, translated into Spanish by Alonso de Cartagena)

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.诺顿（1904-1986）在学术研究领域享有声誉，主要得益于其对意大利、西班牙及葡萄牙地区后摇篮本印刷品（post-incunabula）研究的重要贡献。他所积攒的600余件1501至1520年欧洲印刷品的私人藏书，如今以冠名馆藏的形式入藏剑桥大学图书馆（Cambridge University Library）。然而鲜为人知的是，诺顿在收集早期印刷品的同时，还收集了一批西方中世纪手稿。这批手稿现以追加编号手稿（MSS Add.）8275、8581-8589的形式，同样藏于该大学图书馆。此前这批手稿并未纳入已出版的馆藏目录范畴，迄今公开可获取的相关信息极少。2011年至2017年间，杰恩·林罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）完成了这批手稿的完整编目描述，后经詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）修订并扩充。本次上传的这批编目资料，旨在配合近期一篇关于诺顿中世纪手稿收藏的学术论文发表，同时也为了让这批手稿能为更多研究者所了解与使用。如需进一步了解详情，请参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼所撰《F.J.诺顿的手稿》，刊载于《图书馆：书目学会汇刊》（The Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society，即将出版）。