MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, he emerged a symbol of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, regularly featuring peepholes, were imagined to filter the

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