He stated: “It is true that I often saw the MS., but they would not allow me to use it; and they would not let me open it without searching my pockets, and depriving me of pen, ink, and paper; and at the same time two prelati [priests] kept me in constant conversation in Latin, and if I looked at a passage too long, they would snatch the book out of my hand. ”
ट्रेग्गेलस्‌ को कोडेक्स देखने की अनुमति दी गयी, परन्तु अध्ययन करने की नहीं ।