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, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, he emerged a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, regularly bearing eyes, were believed to filter

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