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 apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, it became a omen of both fear and temporary hope. Their masks, often equipped with glass, were thought to filter t

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