MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a distinctive mask constructed from leather, he emerged a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly bearing glass, were believed to filter the fouln

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