Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / The Buried Temple / Braille

The Buried Temple ⠃⠗⠋ 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

283,895 braille cells · 301 embossed pages at 40×25 · 264 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.