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, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, they became a representation of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, frequently bearing peepholes, were imagined

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