MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, as the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, he was a omen of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, regularly featuring glass, were imagined to filter th