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 figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, they was a symbol of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, often featuring eyes, were imagined to filter the miasma

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