He knew that the true story of certain events, which he would have given his life to be able to reconstruct accurately and in full, was to be read within that window, streaked with bars of light, as within the illuminated, golden boards of one of those precious manuscripts, by whose wealth of artistic treasures the scholar who consults them cannot remain unmoved.
Bazekien inguruabarren errealitatea, zeinaren egitura behar bezain zehazki berreraikitzearren bizitza bera emango bailuke, hantxe zegoela irakurgarri, argiz ildokaturiko leiho haren atzean, eskuizkribu preziatu horietako baten azal urreztatuaren atzean bezalatsu, beronen aberastasun artistikoari ezin baitio inola ere ezikusiarena egin, azal eder horretatik barnera, agiriaren beraren edukia ikertzera hurbiltzen den jakintsuak.