Must see! Visualisations of biblical cross-references, social networks, name distribution
January 25th, 2008 by Paul NikkelThis is a fantastic project by a fellow Chris Harrison who has used a data set to map visualisations of biblical cross references, social networks (people and places) an distribution of people and place occurrences. I think the first one would make a brilliant poster for any department of Biblical Studies (hint - Chris put up a webshop link ;))
Hit the link and read it all but here’s what he had to say about the cross-ref visualisation:
This project started after receiving an email from Christoph Römhild. He had compiled a list of cross-references found in the Bible and was looking for advice on how to visualize these connections. After several email exchanges and a copy of Christoph’s data, I was able to produce the arc diagram below. Due to the extremely high number of cross-references, this lands more on the aesthetic side of the information visualization spectrum. Different colors are used for various arc lengths, creating a rainbow like effect. The bar graph running along the bottom shows every chapter in the Bible and their respective lengths (in verses). Books alternate in color between white and light gray.
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