[Ansteorra] Plague Doctor's Mask Documentation?

[Rose M. Welch]

There are written descriptions from the mid-1300's, but I've yet to find any type of image. I will send you my references when I get home from Round Table. :)

-Rose



S L Niemann <slniemann at gmail.com> wrote:

>There are two woodcuts on the following page from the 14th and 16th
>century with people treating plague victims. Neither woodcut shows the
>beaked doctor. That seems to be a 17th c invention.
>
>http://ibpkillinggame.blogspot.com/2006/12/death-in-art.html
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>Ines
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>On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:27 PM, ~*Rhiannon <ahuvabasyah at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am looking for documentation earlier than 17th century for a plague
>> doctor's mask, similar if possible to the one on the right in this photo:
>> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vv9Olqy2BLs/Tq7g5l2fKwI/AAAAAAAABhA/LDXV0oowzi0/s1600/classic%2Bversus%2Briveted.jpg
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>> Or, if for some reason that link doesn't work, the plague doctor's mask at
>> his main site, which is http://tombanwell.blogspot.com/
>>
>> I would appreciate any info.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rhiannon
>> (cool SCA name pending)
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