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 swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, he became a symbol of both fear and temporary hope. These masks, often equipped with glass, were thought to filt

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