Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Cooking / The Cook's Decameron / Braille

The Cook's Decameron ⠃⠗⠋ 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

269,038 braille cells · 284 embossed pages at 40×25 · 679 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.