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 specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, it became a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, frequently bearing eyes, were thought to f

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