y ▁and ▁exclus iveness .” ▁ ▁Burg on ▁was ▁permitted ▁to ▁examine ▁the ▁code x ▁for ▁an ▁hour ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 0 , ▁consult ing ▁ 1 6 ▁different ▁pass ages . ▁Burg on ▁was ▁a ▁def ender ▁of ▁the ▁Trad itional ▁Text ▁and ▁for ▁him ▁Code x ▁V at ican us , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁cod ices ▁S ina it icus ▁and ▁Be za e , ▁were ▁the ▁most ▁cor rupt ▁documents ▁ext ant . ▁He ▁felt ▁that ▁each ▁of ▁these ▁three ▁cod ices ▁" clear ly ▁exhib its ▁a ▁fabric ated ▁text ▁– ▁is ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁arbitrary ▁and ▁reck less ▁rec ension ." ▁The ▁two ▁most ▁widely ▁respect ed ▁of ▁these ▁three ▁cod ices , ▁ א ▁and ▁B , ▁he ▁lik ens ▁to ▁the ▁" two ▁false ▁witness es " ▁of ▁Matthew ▁ 2 6 : 6 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁Henry ▁Al ford ▁coll ated ▁and ▁verified ▁doubt ful ▁pass ages ▁( in ▁several ▁imper fect ▁coll ations ), ▁which ▁he ▁published ▁in ▁fac sim ile ▁ed itions ▁complete ▁with ▁errors . ▁Until ▁he ▁began ▁his ▁work ▁he ▁met ▁unexpected ▁h ind ran ces . ▁He ▁received ▁a ▁special ▁order ▁from ▁Card inal ▁Anton elli ▁" per ▁ver ific are ", ▁to ▁verify ▁pass ages , ▁but ▁this ▁license ▁was ▁interpreted ▁by ▁the ▁li br arian ▁to ▁mean ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁book , ▁but ▁not ▁to ▁use ▁it . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6