Halittar Tsuntsaye da Kifaye (Ms. 100, fol. 3, daga Littafin Dabbobi na Northumberland)

Mai zane ɗan Ingila da ba a san sunansa ba · about 1250–1260
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Littafin dabbobi (bestiary) littafi ne game da dabbobi — abin da mutanen Tsakiyar Zamani suka gaskata game da zakoki, tururuwa ko tsuntsun pelikan. An yi wannan a Ingila kusan 1250–1260; yana farawa da kwanakin halitta.

An zana hotunan da tawada mai ruwan ƙasa a kan fata ta rubutu, aka kuma shafa musu ɗan launi mai ruwa-ruwa kawai. Allah yana tsaye a hagu ya ɗaga hannunsa; tsuntsaye sun cika sararin sama suna cunkushe a kan wani tudu mai kore, kifaye kuma suna cikin ruwa a ƙasa.

Daga rubutun

Tsuntsaye — “bari tsuntsaye kuma su tashi sama a bisa duniya a sararin sama” (Farawa 1:20)

Manyan halittun teku da kifayen ruwa (Farawa 1:21)

Na mai zanen kansa

An nuna Allah kamar mutum mai zoben haske, kamar yadda masu zane suka saba yi

Jiminai, gaggafa da zakara — tsuntsayen da mai karatu a Ingila ya sani

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Allah

Wata siffa mai zoben haske da gicciye ta ɗaga hannunta na dama zuwa ga tsuntsayen.

Tsuntsaye suna tashi

Gaggafa da sauran tsuntsaye suna shawagi a saman shafin.

Jiminai

Tsuntsaye biyu shuɗaye masu dogon wuya suna fuskantar juna.

Ruwan

A gindin tudun, kifaye da ƙananan halittu suna cikin ruwa.

Unknown illuminator, English. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (Ms. 100 (2007.16), fol. 3) · Pen-and-ink drawings tinted with body color and translucent washes, 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

Far 1:20–23Allah ya ce, “Bari ruwa yă cika da halittu masu rai, bari tsuntsaye kuma su tashi sama a bisa duniya a sararin sama.” Allah ya halicci manyan halittun teku, da kowane mai rai da abin da yake motsi a ruwa, bisa ga irinsu, da kuma kowane tsuntsu mai fiffike bisa ga irinsa. Allah kuwa ya ga yana da kyau. Allah ya albarkace su ya ce, “Ku yi ta haihuwa ku kuma ƙaru da yawa, ku cika ruwan tekuna, bari kuma tsuntsaye su yi yawa a bisa duniya.” Yamma ta kasance, safiya kuma ta kasance, kwana ta biyar ke nan.