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 apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, they became a representation of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, regularly bearing glass, were imagine

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