Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Barlaam and Ioasaph / Braille

Barlaam and Ioasaph ⠃⠗⠋ 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

369,701 braille cells · 385 embossed pages at 40×25 · 813 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.