MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a distinctive mask designed from leather, they emerged a symbol of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly bearing glass, were imagined to

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