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Old Testament/New Testament reference graphic

June 27th, 2011

Old Testament / New Testament Reference Map

I’ve struggled with a way to visually depict how often (and how) the New Testament writers used the Old Testament, whether explicitly (quotations) or implicitly (allusions). While trying to come up with something useful and visually appealing, I found two separate, yet very useful tools:

  • New Testament References to Old Testament Scriptures (http://mb-soft.com/believe/txh/ntot.htm) — a list of OT quotations. Thanks to Carl, at mb-soft, for permission to use their data in generating this graphic;
  • Circos (http://circos.ca) — a collection of perl scripts to generate radial convergence diagrams; originally designed for visualizing genomic data.

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The Oldest Valentine?

February 14th, 2011

Source: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a00d8341c464853ef0147e24c9aaa970b-piIs this letter from Margery Brews to John Paston (dated February 1477) the earliest example of a Valentine? Read the story on the British Library “Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts Blog”: The Oldest Valentine? – Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts.

Abandoned…

February 4th, 2011

From the Chicago Tribune 2/2011

Glory Bound lyrics (The Wailin’ Jennys)

February 1st, 2011

The Wailin’ Jennys

This is one beautiful song…

Glory Bound (Ruth Moody)
When I hear that trumpet sound
I will lay my burdens down
I will lay them deep into the ground
Then I’ll know that I am glory bound
I’ll be travelin’ far from home
But I won’t be looking for to roam
I’ll be crossing o’er the great divide
In a better home soon I will reside
Hallelujah
When I’m in my resting place
I’ll look on my mother’s face
Never more will I have to know
All the loneliness that plagues me so
So I’m waiting for that train to come
And I know where she’s coming from
Listen can you hear her on the track
When I board I won’t be looking back
Hallelujah

[Lyrics Source: http://www.thewailinjennys.com/lyrics.aspx#glory]

26 Years, 85 Notebooks: Observatory: Design Observer

August 19th, 2010

26 Years, 85 Notebooks: Observatory: Design Observer.

via http://observermedia.designobserver.com/videofile.html?entry=14548