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, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, they was a omen of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, regularly equipped with glass, were believed to filter the

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