MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of oiled cloth and a distinctive mask fashioned from leather, it emerged a symbol of both fear and temporary hope. Their masks, regularly equipped with glass, were imagined to filt

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