MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a distinctive mask designed from leather, it emerged a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, regularly bearing eyes, were thought to filter

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