MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In this grim epoch of devastating pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a distinctive mask fashioned from leather, they was a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, often bearing peepholes, were thought to filter

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