Bikin Aure a Kana (Ms. 101, fol. 57v, daga Illustrated Vita Christi, tare da ƙarin addu’o’i)

Mai zane ɗan Ingila da ba a san sunansa ba · about 1480–1490
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Daga littafin hotunan rayuwar Kiristi na Ingila ɗin nan, da aka yi a East Anglia kusan 1480–1490. Wannan zane na ɓangaren littafin na baya ne: launuka marasa zurfi, fuskoki masu sauƙi, da ɗan gajeren rubutun Latin ja da baƙi a ƙasa.

Yesu yana zaune a tebur a ƙarƙashin wata rumfa mai ratsi, tsakanin mata biyu. A gaba, wani bawa sanye da riga ruwan lemu yana zuba ruwa daga tulu cikin jerin dogayen randuna masu toka.

Daga rubutun

Randunan ruwa na dutse guda shida don tsarkakewa (Yohanna 2:6)

“Ku ciccika tulunan da ruwa” (Yohanna 2:7)

Na mai zanen kansa

Dogayen tuluna masu kama da dalma masu ƙafafu a maimakon randunan dutse

Tufafi da salon gashin Ingila na shekarun 1480

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Yesu

Yana zaune a tsakiyar tebur da zoben haske na zinariya.

Wata baƙuwa

Wata mace da mayafi ta ɗaga hannuwanta — wataƙila Maryamu.

Bawan

Yana zuba ruwa daga tulu.

Randunan

Randuna biyar masu toka suna tsaye a kan ƙasar tayil.

Unknown illuminator, English (East Anglia). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (Ms. 101 (2008.3), fol. 57v) · Tempera colors and gold leaf, on parchment · 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

Yoh 2:1–10A rana ta uku sai aka yi bikin aure a Kana ta Galili. Mahaifiyar Yesu kuwa tana can, aka gayyaci Yesu da almajiransa su ma a auren. Da ruwan inabi ya ƙare, sai mahaifiyar Yesu ta ce masa, “Ba su da sauran ruwan inabi.” Yesu ya ce, “Mace, me ya sa kike haɗa ni a wannan? Lokacina bai yi ba tukuna.” Sai mahaifiyarsa ta ce wa bayin, “Ku yi duk abin da ya faɗa.” Nan kusa kuwa akwai tulunan ruwa shida na dutse a ajiye, irin da Yahudawa suke amfani da su don tsarkakewa bisa ga al’ada, kowace kan ci gallon kusan ashirin zuwa talatin. Sai Yesu ya ce wa bayin, “Ku ciccika tulunan da ruwa.” Suka kuwa ciccika su fal. Sa’an nan ya ce musu, “Yanzu ku ɗiba ku kai wa uban bikin.” Suka yi haka. Uban bikin kuwa ya ɗanɗana ruwan da aka juya ya zama ruwan inabi. Bai san daga ina ya fito ba, ko da yake bayin da suka ɗiba ruwan sun sani. Sai ya kira angon waje ɗaya ya ce, “Kowa yakan kawo ruwan inabi mafi kyau da fari, sa’an nan marar kyan bayan baƙin sun sha da yawa; amma ka ajiye ruwan inabi mafi kyau sai yanzu.”