MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In this grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, he was a omen of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, regularly bearing peepholes, were thought to filter the foul