Esta a Gaban Sarki

Gustave Doré · 1866 (designs for La Sainte Bible, Tours); this printing 1873–1874
Ɗakin Karatu na Ƙasar Poland, Warsaw

Doré ya zana wannan hoto domin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Tours na 1866, wanda, kamar sauran Littattafai Masu Tsarki na Katolika, ya buga doguwar siffar Esta ta Girkanci. A cikin waɗannan ƙarin sassa Esta ta suma sa’ad da ta fara zuwa gaban sarki, kuma wannan lokacin ne Doré ya zaɓa.

A cikin wani babban zaure mai zane-zane da aka sassaƙa a bango da da’ira mai fikafikai bisa kursiyi, sarki yana tsaye ƙarƙashin rumfa da aka rataye mata yadi, ya miƙa hannu wajenta. Esta ta faɗi cikin hannuwan masu yi mata hidima, kanta ya faɗi baya. Masu tsaro da garkuwoyi masu kewaye da fadawa suna kallo.

Daga rubutun

“Esta ta sanya rigunanta na sarauta, ta tafi ta tsaya a harabar fada” (Esta 5:1)

“Sarki yana zaune a kan gadon sarautarsa a zauren, yana fuskantar ƙofar shiga” (Esta 5:1)

Sarki “ya miƙa mata sandan sarauta na zinariya da take hannunsa” (Esta 5:2)

Na mai zanen kansa

Esta tana suma — daga ƙarin sassan Girkanci, ba a cikin nassin Ibraniyanci na waɗannan ayoyi ba

Ba a ganin sandan sarauta; sarki yana miƙa hannu a buɗe

Da’ira mai fikafikai da zane-zanen mutane kamar a sassaƙaƙƙun fadar Farisa

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Esta

Sarauniyar ta suma cikin hannuwan masu yi mata hidima.

Sarkin

Yana tsaye a gaban kursiyinsa ya miƙa hannu wajenta.

Kursiyin

Kursiyi ƙarƙashin rumfa da aka rataye mata yadi.

Da’ira mai fikafikai

An sassaƙa da’ira mai fikafikai bisa kursiyin.

Gustave Doré, French, 1832–1883. National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa), Warsaw — «Pismo Święte Starego i Nowego Testamentu», vol. 1, Warsaw: M. Glücksberg, 1873 (acc. 75.267 A), tabl. 113 · Wood engraving after Gustave Doré’s design · National Library of Poland (Polona): the record of the volume gives the licence «Domena Publiczna» (Public Domain), «copyrightProtected»: false; the scan was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by the library itself («Polona Upload», GLAM-Wiki partnership: “This file was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons as part of a GLAM-Wiki partnership between the National Library of Poland and Wikimedia Polska”), linking its Polona record.