Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Ff.4.45 (Eadmer of Canterbury, Vita S. Anselmi; Speculum iuniorum)

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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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（University Library）中世纪手稿的整理工作以失败告终。此后，该馆手稿部馆员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）发起了针对馆藏手稿的新一轮系统性修订著录工作。平克于1948年起倾力开展此项任务，直至1970年退休，期间多次修订詹姆斯二十年前完成的手稿著录内容。他最初在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，对附加类索书号序列下的手稿开展著录——迈纳斯本人亦参与了部分手稿的著录工作——随后又转向双字母类索书号序列的手稿著录。平克与迈纳斯的未刊手稿著录均已以编号UA ULIB 7/3/75入藏大学档案馆（University Archives）。此前，二人全部手写的著录原稿均被制作成影印副本，现已完成扫描并以PDF文件形式在此提供下载。在多数研究领域，平克与迈纳斯针对附加类手稿的研究成果已被杰恩·林格罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的后续工作取代。她所撰《剑桥大学图书馆1940年前入藏附加类中世纪手稿总目提要》于2009年由布鲁尔（Brewer）出版，如今该提要连同其作为著录基础的详细手稿说明一同可在Apollo平台获取。如需获取更多信息，可参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）《剑桥大学图书馆未刊西方中世纪手稿著录》，载《剑桥书目学会会刊》（2020年）；詹姆斯·弗里曼《H.L. 平克的手稿著录》，剑桥大学图书馆特藏主题指南（https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/manuscripts-university-archives/subject-guides/medieval-manuscripts-2/hl）。