MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In this grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a distinctive mask designed from leather, they was a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, frequently equipped with eyes, were thought to filter

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