Library / Philosophy / Historia Calamitatum / Braille
Historia Calamitatum ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition
Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.
Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt
167,760 braille cells · 177 embossed pages at 40×25 · 464 unrepresentable characters omitted
⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠀⠋⠕⠥⠝⠙⠀⠊⠞⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠃⠑⠛⠁⠝⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠀⠏⠥⠋⠋⠑⠙⠀ ⠥⠏⠂⠀⠞⠓⠊⠝⠅⠊⠝⠛⠀⠀⠊⠞⠎⠑⠇⠋⠀⠛⠗⠑⠁⠞⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠊⠎⠲⠀ ⠠⠉⠕⠝⠋⠊⠙⠊⠝⠛⠀⠊⠝⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠺⠊⠎⠙⠕⠍⠀⠊⠞⠀⠃⠑⠉⠁⠍⠑⠀⠀ ⠏⠗⠑⠎⠥⠍⠏⠞⠥⠕⠥⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠃⠕⠁⠎⠞⠑⠙⠀⠊⠞⠀⠺⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀⠁⠞⠞⠁⠊⠝ ⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠓⠊⠛⠓⠑⠎⠞⠀⠺⠊⠎⠙⠕⠍⠲⠀⠠⠁⠝⠙⠀⠊⠞⠀⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀ ⠊⠞⠎⠑⠇⠋⠀⠁⠀⠇⠁⠙⠙⠑⠗⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠋⠁⠉⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠉⠗⠑⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠲ ⠀⠲⠲⠲⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠝⠀⠞⠓⠕⠎⠑⠀⠞⠓⠊⠝⠛⠎⠀⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠎⠑⠑⠝ ⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠅⠝⠕⠺⠝⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠞⠓⠊⠝⠛⠎⠀ ⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠅⠝⠕⠺⠝⠆⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠗⠕⠥⠛⠓⠀⠞⠓⠕⠎⠑ ⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠍⠁⠝⠊⠋⠑⠎⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠽⠀⠑⠭⠏⠑⠉⠞⠑⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠀ ⠗⠑⠁⠉⠓⠀⠞⠓⠕⠎⠑⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠓⠊⠙⠙⠑⠝⠲⠀⠠⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠽⠀ ⠎⠞⠥⠍⠃⠇⠑⠙⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠋⠑⠇⠇⠀⠊⠝⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠋⠁⠇⠎⠑⠓⠕⠕⠙⠎⠀ ⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠊⠗⠀⠕⠺⠝⠀⠊⠍⠁⠛⠊⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀⠲⠲⠲⠀⠠⠎⠕⠀⠠⠛⠕⠙⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑ ⠀⠋⠕⠕⠇⠊⠎⠓⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠺⠊⠎⠙⠕⠍⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀ ⠠⠓⠑⠀⠏⠕⠊⠝⠞⠑⠙⠀⠕⠥⠞⠀⠁⠝⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠺⠊⠎⠙⠕⠍⠂⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠀ ⠎⠑⠑⠍⠑⠙⠀⠋⠕⠕⠇⠊⠎⠓⠝⠑⠎⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠝⠕⠞⠲⠀⠠⠋⠕⠗⠀⠊⠞⠀ ⠏⠗⠑⠁⠉⠓⠑⠙⠀⠠⠉⠓⠗⠊⠎⠞⠀⠉⠗⠥⠉⠊⠋⠊⠑⠙⠂⠀⠀⠊⠝⠀⠕⠗⠙⠑⠗⠀ ⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠞⠗⠥⠞⠓⠀⠍⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠃⠑⠀⠎⠕⠥⠛⠓⠞⠀⠊⠝⠀⠓⠥⠍⠊⠇⠊⠞⠽⠲⠀ ⠠⠃⠥⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠀⠀⠙⠑⠎⠏⠊⠎⠑⠙⠀⠊⠞⠂⠀⠺⠊⠎⠓⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠕⠀ ⠉⠕⠝⠞⠑⠍⠏⠇⠁⠞⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠕⠗⠅⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠛⠕⠙⠂⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠠⠓⠑ ⠀⠓⠁⠙⠀⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠁⠀⠎⠕⠥⠗⠉⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠺⠕⠝⠙⠑⠗⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠊⠞⠀ ⠙⠊⠙⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠺⠊⠎⠓⠀⠞⠕⠀⠧⠑⠝⠑⠗⠁⠞⠑⠀⠺⠓⠁⠞⠀⠠⠓⠑⠀⠀⠓⠁⠙⠀ ⠎⠑⠞⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠊⠍⠊⠞⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠂⠀⠝⠑⠊⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠙⠊⠙⠀⠊⠞⠀⠇⠕⠕⠅⠀ ⠞⠕⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠕⠺⠝⠀⠙⠊⠎⠑⠁⠎⠑⠂⠀⠀⠎⠑⠑⠅⠊⠝⠛⠀⠍⠑⠙⠊⠉⠊⠝⠑⠀⠊⠝ ⠀⠏⠊⠑⠞⠽⠆⠀⠃⠥⠞⠀⠏⠗⠑⠎⠥⠍⠊⠝⠛⠀⠕⠝⠀⠁⠀⠋⠁⠇⠎⠑⠀⠓⠑⠁⠇⠞⠓⠂
These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.