MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, they was a representation of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, often equipped with glass, were imagined to filte

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