Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 451 (Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Braybrooke Missal'))

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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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编目工作未能圆满完成并宣告收尾。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工作，旨在对馆藏手稿集合更新编目描述。平克自1948年起潜心此项任务，直至1970年退休，其间多次修订了詹姆斯二十年前完成的编目成果。他在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，首先从附加类（Additionals）索书号序列的手稿入手——迈纳斯本人亦参与撰写了若干编目描述——后续又转向两字母类（Two-Letter）索书号序列的手稿编目工作。平克与迈纳斯的未刊编目描述均已以档案号UA ULIB 7/3/75入藏剑桥大学档案馆（University Archives）。此前，二人的手写编目描述全本曾被制作影印副本，现已完成扫描，并以PDF文件形式在此提供下载。在多数方面，平克与迈纳斯针对附加类手稿的编目工作已被杰恩·林罗斯（Jayne Ringrose）的研究成果取代。她所撰《剑桥大学图书馆1940年前入藏附加类中世纪手稿简目》（"Summary catalogue of the Additional medieval manuscripts in Cambridge University Library acquired before 1940"）于2009年由布鲁尔（Brewer）出版社出版，如今亦可在阿波罗平台（Apollo）上获取，同时配套发布了该简目所依据的更为详尽的手稿编目描述。如需进一步信息，请参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）"Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library"，载《剑桥书目学会会刊》（"Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society"）2020年刊；詹姆斯·弗里曼"H.L. Pink's descriptions"，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）。