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 descended across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, horrific coat of oiled cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, it emerged a representation of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, regularly bearing peepholes, were believed

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