MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, they was a omen of both fear and temporary hope. These masks, frequently bearing glass, were imagined to filter

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