MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In this grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, it emerged a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, frequently bearing peepholes, were thought to fil

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