Miniature out of the Toggenburg Bible (Switzerland) of 1411. The disease is widely believed to be the plague. The location of bumps or blisters, however, is more consistent with smallpox (as the bubonic plague normally causes them only in the groin and in the armpits). is generally interpreted as a depiction of the plague - "the Black Death".

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Miniatur aus der Toggenburg-Bibel (Schweiz) von 1411. ( Die Krankheit wird allgemein für Pest gehalten. Die Lage der Beulen oder Blasen deuten aber eher auf Pocken hin. ) Translation: Miniature out of the Toggenburg Bible (Switzerland) of 1411. The disease is widely believed to be the plague. The location of bumps or blisters, however, is more consistent with smallpox (as the bubonic plague normally causes them only in the groin and in the armpits). is generally interpreted as a depiction of the plague - "the Black Death".

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