New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-11-25
Literature and Learning of the Middle AGE,


Last evening. st Clinton Hal Mr LEICESTER
r. 4. BUcKiNosAM delivered the second Lecture
OF his Course before the Mercantile Library Assoc.a
ton on Loarsms Lherafars and Rel sl'n u fil Made
Asss
The subject Was handled DO MrB. rsual happy
vigorous and eloquent manner and the discourse-o
which are ihi. morning debarred IRON giving more
tasn brief and hurried abstract proved highly enter
tanning and valuable
The speaker commenced y .nstsncins the vast mum
Der Of Mss works OF Monks 10 the Middle Asss, which
sal remains 10 preservation There Is not single pub
lie Library said he in Europe bar sorcs 10 the pos
session ct some ol these nestnsbe relics and every
whore that they are seen they are highly valued and
carefully chfushcd. One 90 tne principal ut these
literary repositories contains some 10000 Ul these
manuscripts er delcrs oi Che industry 90 uur tore
isihers and Wh others possess perhaps not the rs
OF this YET wh-t o. owned T. nesrlthiy prlsd and al
the foremost oi modern collections are Comparatively
well stored eltl these remains. Add when We o.
member that fhc ude-t 90 printed books new and
fresh n compsfisou Oh many anc those tne most vs
ushle uf these sncrnt written records Ne uust feel
that hsvc indeed csuse Cog wonder hist any % them
sc now in existence
On continuing mi. point the speaker Passei t.
review OF Inch have tended 10 the va, sui
woeiul destruction oi these MSS lie observed ani
noted fasr distinct s.cncies Fr-t the W.rs tbfeu
which those passed During ihsse contests. fhe
Nous.terles-fhen Che 1epo.tCriss 90 Lesuing-oe
esqeclsi chi 81 of srsck from the great richie.
.ufqustd io have t+rn therein aiurs.cd To- tn- -nd
slou- less th,n S. .ious uses thus 81,
struyrc-su1 their temuluQa unfortunately there a.
e.oe here involved TIE smost total lss of their mos'
-soe records suf .utst guent commissions increased
zoe humber Q, - ln other parts oi Europe the same
snlfy occurred ODD ELL larger scale sn1 reslifel
Boz the .resier o,s o ihe Lra, sulss ~ thsf geriod
England ~ss ~ % means singular 10 these cars-lro
poles
Nj Buck.rs hsm parr'eu.sHzrd numerous instsnle -
OF these dlneltlou.. a-,our panied ty various data
aud cged olei notices cf te c1ici mouasc writers 81
the pcrl.isih fhe progress o tl- - tfcu History 0
tl- bcuta ctue "a AIS efc su1 concluded tas branch
90 bis fhrur sill summary Ul ff. instances ri 1r- a
tatols D ,tr Nun-sttr-s - hostile forces n tng 90
.n France, sui the scattering Co the winds 10 their
ctoictsI treasures
The s-coni cause OF demolition he assigned ia fhe
frequent Casi,grafoas ~ PC Msrlst7lss-~ho.s
destruction Away. total sui irretricvsbe and
tas TOO occurring 10 Al - "nen APP! anee' O. com
D., tais potent agent OF destruction BAD by means
attained thelt present per ect9n.
Toe third es4.c iauaa 10 ts ass gaze + iios,
t,g'Es tis care 14a .esr.,s y asi rtl7r4s .t VS.
however later period that this ,es.u ope
rsre Hence the Iosses t-us .lstsi q became cuul
psrsiiVriy iucun-iirrse.e
Tae fourth cause s,ta..rd 5y Mr. B-aaa the ons
which he ms med of the shest snd ulos. Important
interest cturn1 ~ "l'f fs1 ct ffntiS ara expo
rston than 90 tna prccd ~ ~ts dcs-nsted n ,ds
Eflrts " fle hf-rrs a-'rssst zee " 80 ia the cru
sx1e agslst uuulsic power 20 tlese lass Tie Libra
rians suffered nnsi severely The lecturer usdr ct
sirol. case il regard % ins ns.', 'a.t,nc-a ~aa
- sly led the insare and uncriei .ry sikh licl I'D
Rsoriners Ssszd the monasieries sDd their cont ats
involving IN one common destruction aainofs irsuser
bers AID overland lelst i1e base ates . Hicl
n- choicest works ihen All there sahccted css
% TIE winds g.sen. 5ousa aid sod 10 tee tailor ihs
book srael or the ooO;ts Tor the purposes OF their
several vocAloas or ruihl-ss.y destroyed "a may
instances, the work o.. darkness AID me bond oi
evil
From these premises, wt-ch Of course were more
fully I'D aos; eloq1ea-l elarssl 7a y IL slcaEsf
be wa ed q esAers tat he EEEasT Of nsslsu'