MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of devastating pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, he became a omen of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, regularly equipped with peepholes, were believe

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