Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / Memoranda of art and artists, anecdotal and biographical / Braille

Memoranda of art and artists, anecdotal and biographical ⠃⠗⠋ 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

370,513 braille cells · 386 embossed pages at 40×25 · 524 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.