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, when the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, they became a omen of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, frequently bearing glass, were believed to filter

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