Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Religion / The State of the Blessed Dead / Braille

The State of the Blessed Dead ⠃⠗⠋ 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

71,459 braille cells · 76 embossed pages at 40×25 · 225 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.