MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, he emerged a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, frequently bearing peepholes, were tho

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