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, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a distinctive mask fashioned from leather, they was a symbol of both fear and temporary hope. Their masks, regularly bearing eyes, were imagined to filte

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