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 swept across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, he emerged a omen of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, often bearing eyes, were imagined to filter the air th

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