Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete / Braille

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

1,198,746 braille cells · 1,252 embossed pages at 40×25 · 5,472 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.