Shafi Ɗaya da Aka Yanke daga Littafin Linjila: Haihuwar Yesu (gaba)

Mai zane da ba a san sunansa ba, Helmarshausen · c. 1190
Cleveland Museum of Art

Shafi daga littafin Linjila da aka yi a gidan zuhudu na Helmarshausen a Jamus kusan 1190. Masu zanensa sun yi aiki da fentin ƙwai, azurfa da zinariya a kan fata ta rubutu.

A ƙasa, Maryamu tana kishingiɗe kusa da komin dabbobi inda Jaririn yake kwance tsakanin sa da jaki; Yusuf yana zaune a dama. A sama, siffofi biyu masu rawani suna riƙe da naɗaɗɗun takardu, wasu siffofi biyu kuma sun sunkuya daga sama da daga ƙasa.

Daga rubutun

Ta naɗe shi a zane ta kwantar da shi a komin dabbobi (Luka 2:7)

Yusuf ya haura zuwa Betlehem tare da Maryamu (Luka 2:4–5)

Na mai zanen kansa

Sa da jaki a komin dabbobi, al’adar da ba ta cikin Luka

Naɗaɗɗun takardun Latin da kalmomin Zabura 85:10–11

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Maryamu

Tana kwance a kan kujerar kishingiɗa.

Komin dabbobi

Jaririn yana kwance tsakanin kawunan dabbobi biyu.

Yusuf

Yana zaune a dama, hannunsa a fuskarsa.

Sama da ƙasa

Siffofi biyu sun sunkuya daga sama da daga ƙasa.

Unknown illuminator, Germany, Helmarshausen Abbey, 12th century. The Cleveland Museum of Art (Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1933.445.a) · ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum · Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access: Collection API record "share_license_status": "CC0" (Creative Commons Zero, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

Ayoyin

Luk 2:1–7A waɗancan kwanaki, Kaisar Augustus ya ba da doka cewa ya kamata a yi ƙidaya a dukan masarautar Roma. (Wannan ce ƙidaya ta fari da aka yi a lokacin da Kwiriniyus yake gwamnar Suriya.) Sai kowa ya koma garinsa don a rubuta shi. Saboda haka Yusuf ma ya haura daga Nazaret a Galili zuwa Yahudiya, ya tafi Betlehem garin Dawuda, don shi daga gida da kuma zuriyar Dawuda ne. Ya tafi can don a rubuta shi tare da Maryamu, wadda aka yi masa alkawari zai aura, tana kuwa da ciki. Yayinda suke can, sai lokacin haihuwar jaririn ya yi, ta kuwa haifi ɗanta na fari. Ta nannaɗe shi a zane ta kuma kwantar da shi cikin wani kwami, don ba su sami ɗaki a masauƙi ba.