MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of waxed cloth and a distinctive mask constructed from leather, he was a omen of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, often featuring glass, were imagined to filter t

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