Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.1.20 (Psalter)

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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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以失败告终，此后，该馆手稿部职员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）牵头开展了下一次系统化更新馆藏描述的协同尝试。平克自1948年起潜心从事此项工作，直至1970年退休，期间多次修订詹姆斯二十年前完成的手稿描述。他最初在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，从附加馆藏索书号（Additionals classmark）序列的手稿入手，迈纳斯本人也参与撰写了多篇描述，随后转而处理双字母馆藏索书号（Two-Letter classmark）序列的手稿。平克与迈纳斯的未刊手稿描述均以档案号UA ULIB 7/3/75入藏剑桥大学档案馆。此后有人将二人手写描述的全部原稿制作了影印本，目前这些影印本已完成扫描，可在此处以PDF文件形式下载。在多数研究场景中，平克与迈纳斯针对附加馆藏手稿的研究成果已被简·林格罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的后续工作取代。她所著的《剑桥大学图书馆1940年前入藏的附加中世纪手稿总目》于2009年由布鲁尔（Brewer）出版社出版，目前该出版物及支撑其总目描述的手稿详细说明均可在阿波罗平台（Apollo）上获取。如需进一步了解相关信息，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描述》，载《剑桥书目学会汇刊》（2020年）；以及詹姆斯·弗里曼《H.L.平克的手稿描述》，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）。