Kiristi Yana Wanke Ƙafafun Manzanni (Ms. Ludwig II 6, fol. 10, daga Littafin Linjila)

Mai zane ɗan Armeniya da ba a san sunansa ba · 1386
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Daga littafin Linjila na Armeniya da aka yi kusa da Tafkin Van, a yankin da yanzu yake gabashin Turkiyya, a shekara ta 1386. An zana hotunansa da baƙar tawada aka kuma shafa musu ɗan launin ruwa a kan shafi tsirara, ba tare da zinariya ba.

Yesu ya sunkuya a kan kwano ya riƙe ƙafar Bitrus. Bitrus yana zaune a gabansa, hannu ɗaya a kansa. A ƙasansu, sauran manzanni suna jira a ƙungiyoyi biyu, da aka zana da lanƙwasar riguna masu juyawa; ƙananan rubuce-rubucen Armeniyanci suna faɗin sunayen siffofin.

Daga rubutun

Ya zuba ruwa a kwano (Yohanna 13:5)

“Ubangiji, kai za ka wanke ƙafafuna?” (Yohanna 13:6)

Na mai zanen kansa

Lanƙwasar riguna masu karkacewa, salon wannan makarantar zane

Ƙananan rubuce-rubucen Armeniyanci kusa da siffofin

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Yesu

Ya sunkuya a kan kwanon.

Bitrus

Ya ɗaga hannunsa zuwa kansa.

Kwanon

Kwanon ruwa a tsakaninsu.

Manzanni

Sauran suna jira a ƙasa.

Unknown illuminator, Armenian (Lake Van). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (Ms. Ludwig II 6 (83.MB.70), fol. 10) · Black ink and watercolors · 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 13:4–9saboda haka ya tashi daga cin abincin, ya tuɓe rigarsa ta waje, ya ɗaura tawul a ƙugunsa. Bayan haka, sai ya zuba ruwa a cikin kwano, sa’an nan ya fara wanke ƙafafun almajiransa, yana sharewa da tawul wanda ya ɗaura. Ya zo kan Siman Bitrus, wanda ya ce masa, “Ubangiji, kai za ka wanke ƙafafuna?” Yesu ya amsa ya ce, “Yanzu ba ka fahimci abin da nake yi ba, amma nan gaba za ka gane.” Sai Bitrus ya ce, “Faufau, ba za ka taɓa wanke ƙafafuna ba.” Yesu ya amsa ya ce, “Sai na wanke ka, in ba haka ba, ba ka da rabo a gare ni.” Sai Siman Bitrus ya ce, “To, Ubangiji, ba ƙafafuna kaɗai ba har ma da hannuwana da kaina kuma!”