Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, as the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, he was a symbol of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, often equipped with peepholes, were imagined

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