Infectious Diseases Show Societies Who They Really Are
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Miniature by Pierart dou Tielt illustrating the Tractatus quartus bu Gilles li Muisit (Tournai, c. 1353). The people of Tournai bury victims of the Black Death.
( Pierart dou Tielt (fl. 1340-1360) / Wikimedia Commons )
( Pierart dou Tielt (fl. 1340-1360) / Wikimedia Commons )
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