Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Education / The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke / Braille

The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke ⠃⠗⠋ 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

112,650 braille cells · 118 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,829 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.