MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, they was a symbol of both fear and temporary hope. Their masks, often equipped with glass, were imagined to filte