MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, as the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, it emerged a omen of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, regularly equipped with glass, were believed to filt

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