Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Le livre des lotus entr'ouverts / Braille

Le livre des lotus entr'ouverts ⠃⠗⠋ 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

117,710 braille cells · 122 embossed pages at 40×25 · 3,072 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.