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 apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a distinctive mask fashioned from leather, it became a representation of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, regularly bearing peepholes, wer

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