MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, he became a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, often bearing glass, were imagined to filter th