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, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, they was a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly bearing eyes, were imagined to filter the

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