MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, horrific coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, they was a representation of both fear and temporary hope. Their masks, often bearing glass, were imagined to filter

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