3:16 and other thoughts

3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated

I've recommended this book before. Knuth is one of the biggest names in the history of computer science and this project is an interesting one. He's pretty sharp about data sampling and the display of fonts on computers. This project brings those things together.

He samples Chapter 3 verse 16 from each book of the bible. And he got calligraphers/illuminators from all of the world to write/draw versions of each quote. Pretty impressive and informative. And beautiful.

There is also a related book called ... Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About

It goes into detail about the project and the difficulty in working with folks all over the world on this. Very good as well.

One of the calligraphers/illuminators is working on another project called the St. John's Bible. Saint John's Abbey and University commissioned this one that is probably one of the most impressive hand drawn projects on the bible in hundreds of years. Saint John's Bible Web Site

It's well worth looking around their site at the work being done.

There are some books available on Amazon from the project ...
Pentateuch
Gospels and Acts of the Apostles
Psalms

The books are oversized and very beautiful.

There is a book on the making of it ... which is still on going ....Making of the St. John's Bible

The completed originals are touring the U.S. are they are just wrapping up an exhibit in Tyler, Texas. Saturday, I'm going to drive there in the morning and drive back in the evening. Should be really interesting and beautiful.

They also sell high quality prints from the project.