MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, they became a omen of both fear and temporary hope. These masks, often equipped with glass, were thought to filter the fouln