According to Black, “Fürst mocked those who believed in [masks ... These mask “slackers” were fined or even sent to prison. Today, the beaked plague doctor mask still appears in Venetian carnival ...

Also called 'Black Death' and 'Pestilence' and ... distinctive part of the outfit was the headgear. Plague doctors wore spectacles and a mask with a beak-like nose extending about six inches ...