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 swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a distinctive mask fashioned from leather, it became a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, often equipped with glass, were imagined to

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