Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, it became a omen of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, often bearing glass, were imagined to filter the miasma th

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