Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / Trichocosmos: Notes historical, æsthetical, ethnological, physiological, anecdotal and tonsorial, on the hair & beard / Braille

Trichocosmos: Notes historical, æsthetical, ethnological, physiological, anecdotal and tonsorial, on the hair & beard ⠃⠗⠋ 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

175,981 braille cells · 184 embossed pages at 40×25 · 113 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.