MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In this grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, it became a symbol of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, regularly bearing peepholes, were thought to fil

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