Ginin Hasumiyar Babel (Ms. 33, fol. 13, daga Weltchronik)

Mai zane da ba a san sunansa ba, Regensburg · about 1400–1410
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Wani shafi na Weltchronik na Regensburg, da aka zana kusan 1400–1410. Masu zanen irin waɗannan tarihai sukan nuna ginin Babel kamar wurin gini na zamaninsu.

Ma’aikata suna tsaye a kan katakon hawa a saman wata hasumiyar dutse, suna jera duwatsu suna kuma jan kaya sama da na’urar jan kaya. A ƙasa, wani mutum yana kwaɓa laka kusa da wani babban kwano, wani sarki mai rawani riƙe da sandan sarauta yana kallo daga hagu.

Daga rubutun

“Ku zo, mu gina wa kanmu birni da hasumiyar da za tă kai har sammai” (Farawa 11:4)

Tubulan da aka gasa sosai da kwalta a maimakon laka (Farawa 11:3)

Na mai zanen kansa

Wani sarki yana lura da aikin — bisa ga al’ada Nimrod ne, wanda ba a ambaci sunansa a wannan sura ba

Injin ɗaga kaya, igiyoyi da na’urar jan kaya kamar na wurin gini na Tsakiyar Zamani

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Sarkin

Wani mutum mai rawani sanye da ja riƙe da sandan sarauta yana kallo.

A kan katakon hawa

Ma’aikata suna ɗagawa suna jera duwatsu a saman hasumiyar.

Na’urar jan kaya

Ana jan kayan duwatsu sama da igiya.

Laka

Wani mutum yana kwaɓa laka da dogon sanda kusa da kwanon katako.

Unknown illuminator, Regensburg; text by Rudolf von Ems (Austrian, about 1200–1254). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (Ms. 33 (88.MP.70), fol. 13) · Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink · Images provided here are believed to be in the public domain and are available under CC0 through Getty’s Open Content Program. (Getty record: "No Copyright", http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Ayoyin

Far 11:1–9To, a lokacin, yaren mutanen duniya ɗaya ne, maganarsu kuma ɗaya ce. Yayinda mutane suke ta yin ƙaura zuwa gabas, sai suka sami fili a Shinar, suka zauna a can. Suka ce wa juna, “Ku zo, mu yi tubula, mu gasa su sosai.” Suka yi amfani da tubula a maimakon duwatsu, kwalta kuma a maimakon laka. Sa’an nan suka ce, “Ku zo, mu gina wa kanmu birni da hasumiyar da za tă kai har sammai, domin mu yi wa kanmu suna, don kada mu warwatsu ko’ina a doron ƙasa.” Sai Ubangiji ya sauko don yă ga birni da kuma hasumiyar da mutanen suke gini. Ubangiji ya ce, “Ga su, su jama’a ɗaya ce, su duka kuwa harshensu guda ne. Wannan kuwa masomi ne kawai na abin da za su iya yi, babu kuma abin da suka yi shirya yi da ba za su iya yi ba. Zo, mu sauka, mu rikitar da harshensu don kada su fahimci juna.” Saboda haka Ubangiji ya watsar da su daga wurin zuwa ko’ina a doron ƙasa, suka kuwa daina gina birnin. Shi ya sa aka kira birnin Babel, domin a can ne Ubangiji ya rikitar da harshen dukan duniya. Daga can Ubangiji ya watsar da su ko’ina a doron ƙasa.