Unpublished description by H.L. Pink of Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 4098 (calendar; astronomical and chronological information; notes on pestilence; and other texts)

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 Both Pink’s and Mynors’ unpublished descriptions have been accessioned into the University Archives as UA ULIB 7/3/75.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 In most respects, Pink’s and Mynors’ work on the Additional manuscripts has been superseded by that of Jayne Ringrose.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 For further information, see: James Freeman, 'Unpublished descriptions of western medieval manuscripts at Cambridge University Library', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society (2020); James Freeman,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（medieval manuscripts）的研究工作无果而终，此后图书馆手稿部（Department of Manuscripts）职员哈罗德·平克（Harold Pink）发起了针对该馆藏的下一次有组织的系统性更新描述工作。平克自1948年起投身此项任务，直至1970年退休，期间多次修订詹姆斯二十年前完成的手稿描述。在罗杰·迈纳斯（Roger Mynors）的指导下，平克首先从附加类索书号序列（Additionals classmark sequence）的手稿着手开展工作——迈纳斯本人亦贡献了多篇手稿描述——之后又转向双字母类索书号序列（Two-Letter classmark sequence）的手稿描述工作。平克与迈纳斯的未出版手稿描述均已以档案编号UA ULIB 7/3/75归档至剑桥大学档案馆（University Archives）。此前，他们的手写描述原稿曾被整体影印，目前这些影印件已被扫描为PDF文件，可在此处下载。在多数领域中，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）的相关工作取代。她所著的《剑桥大学图书馆1940年前入藏附加类中世纪手稿总目》于2009年由布鲁尔出版社出版，如今该著作也可在Apollo平台获取，同时还附带了支撑该出版总目的手稿详细描述。如需进一步了解相关信息，请参阅：詹姆斯·弗里曼（James Freeman）的《剑桥大学图书馆未出版西方中世纪手稿描述》，载《剑桥书目学会会刊》（Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society，2020年）；以及詹姆斯·弗里曼的《H.L.平克的手稿描述》，剑桥大学图书馆特藏主题指南（Cambridge University Library Special Collections Subject Guide，https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/manuscripts-university-archives/subject-guides/medieval-manuscripts-2/hl）。