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, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of Medieval History greased cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, they became a symbol of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, regularly equipped with p

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