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Re:Leviathan in Lockdown by nanna on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:42AM (#23166794)
If you look at sharper prints of the frontispiece than the one LRB uses, they do look more like hoods or hennins than plague masks, in my opinion.

I took this photo of them from a 17C copy of Leviathan at the British Library: https://ibb.co/DGL4dJj

Edit: Not sure why the parent comment is being downvoted? They're making a completely legitimate observation.

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Re:Leviathan in Lockdown by lurquer on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @03:50PM (#23171015)
Thanks for the better picture! Very useful post.

Look like hoods to me. But, whatever works for the essay... The REAL mystery is what the two baseball batters are doing on the left side of the image.

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Re:Leviathan in Lockdown by user_0x on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:51AM (#23168131)
on the other hand, there is something to be said for the decision to interpret the image in a way that makes it relevant to our times.
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