MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, horrific coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, they emerged a representation of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, regularly equipped with glass, were though

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