MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, he was a representation of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, regularly featuring peepholes, were believed to f

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