While Digital Humanities projects often call for close reading of text, images or cultural contexts, the Euqu DataLab focuses on data collection, data visualization based on graph theory and network science methods.
This project aims to show a unique view of the Qur'an trasmission in Europe between 1150 and 1850, with a custom graphdatabase and analytical code exploring the concept of linked data and artificial intelligence (AI) in the analysis and visualization of data.
Core elements in the EuQu DataLab are: user management and collaboration, data visualization, gis-location, faceted browsing, timeline display.
The main project IT-Infrastructure, the app and the database, is mantained at the CCHS-CSIC facilities in Madrid (Spain).
Our app is built on Node.js a Javascript framework, a microframework called Express.js and a Neo4j database as backend. The frontend has been created in HTML and CSS using partially Bootstrap.
Our team members are key to datamine and collect the data for populate the EuQu-database. Therefore the data governance rests on our team members.
Our database is supported by a GPL3-licensed open-source Neo4j software and it´s based on graph theory.
Graph databases stores data in nodes and edges, where nodes represents the subject of observation, while the edges link the nodes among them.
The EuQu team has defined four different nodes (Actors (People), Manuscripts, Texts and Printed Edition) and for each node different attributes has been chosen for the data collection.
The graphs have been deployed in this app through Neovis.js (based on vis.js) and Leaflet both developments of the javascript framework, Tableau using the public open version and Excel.
García-Arenal, M., Guerrero Enterría, A., et al., EuQu-DataLab, https://euquproject.eu/ [accessed {date}].
Citing Individual Items {Contributor}, '{ParaID}', EuQu-DataLab, {URL of the paratext page} [accessed {date}]. Example: Díaz, P et Rodríguez, A. '672', EuQu DataLab, https://euquproject.eu/manuscript/672 [accessed 02 June 2026].
Guerrero Enterría, A., García-Arenal, M., Tolan, J., Madrid Álvarez-Piñer, T., Boyano Guerra, I., Arias Torres, J. P., … Cappello, G. (2025). The European Qur’an. Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion 1150-1850 (EuQu) V 2[DATASET] [Data set]. DIGITAL.CSIC. http://doi.org/10.20350/DIGITALCSIC/17816
Guerrero Enterría, A. (2025). The European Qur’an. Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion 1150-1850 (EuQu) [DATASET] [Data set]. DIGITAL.CSIC. http://doi.org/10.20350/DIGITALCSIC/17067
Guerrero Enterría, A. (2023, December 7). Horizon 2020 DMP - The European Qur’an. Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion 1150-1850 (Version 2). Digital.CSIC. http://doi.org/10.20350/DIGITALCSIC/15704
Guerrero Enterría, Arturo
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