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, as the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, he emerged a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, regularly featuring glass, were thought to filter the

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