Additional window of


Mascaro Alphabet

Reconstruction of the Mascaro alphabet based on
a letter from 1900: Mascaro tried to combine
braille with flat writing, his alphabet
was practically never used due
to the difficulties in writing.
the first graphic directly: Mascaro-Alphabet




Original text of the letter

REVUE MASCARO
POUR AVEUGLES ET VOYANTS
RUE ALECRIN-20-LISBONNE
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APPEL DIRIGE A LA
"LIGUE FRANCAISE
DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT"
POUR QUE, DANS LA PRESSE ET
PAR DEVANTS LES POUVOIRS
CONSTITUES, ELLE AFFIRME LE
DRIT DES AVEUGLES A L'ECOLE
COMMUNE DES VOYANTS.
--
LE MAGNIFIQUE SONNET DE
SULLY-PRUDHOMME, QUE NOUS
PUBLIONS AUJOURD'HUI, NOUS
A INSPIRE L'IDEE DE NOUS
ADRESSER A LA LIGUE FRAN-
CAISE DE L'ENSEIGNEMEN...

translation:

*Mascaro* Magazine
For the blind and the sighted, Rua Alecrim 20, Lisbon
--
An appeal to the *Ligue française de l’enseignement* (French League for Education) to advocate — in the press and before government authorities — for the right of blind people to attend school alongside sighted people.
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The magnificent sonnet by Sully-Prudhomme that we are publishing today inspired us to approach the *Ligue française de l’enseignement*...




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