Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 6691 (Book of Hours, Use of Rouen)

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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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中世纪手稿的研究工作未能取得预期成果，此后该馆手稿部职员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）启动了新一轮系统性尝试，以期对该馆藏完成更新著录。平克自1948年起潜心投入此项任务，直至1970年退休，期间多次修订了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，从Additionals（附加类）架号序列下的手稿入手——迈纳斯本人亦参与了多部手稿的著录工作——后续转而处理Two-Letter（双字母）架号序列下的手稿。平克与迈纳斯的未刊著录均已以档案号UA ULIB 7/3/75入藏剑桥大学档案馆。此前曾为二人全部手写著录稿制作了完整的影印副本，如今这些影印本已完成扫描，可在此处以PDF文件形式下载获取。

平克与迈纳斯针对附加类手稿的研究成果，在绝大多数层面已被杰恩·林罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的相关研究取代。她编撰的《剑桥大学图书馆1940年前入藏附加类中世纪手稿概要目录》于2009年由Brewer出版，目前该目录亦可在Apollo平台获取，同时还附有支撑该出版概要著录的更为详尽的手稿细节描述。

如需进一步相关信息，请参阅：
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》，《剑桥书目学会会刊》（2020年）；
詹姆斯·弗里曼《H.L.平克的著录》，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）