MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, he was a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, frequently featuring glass, were imagined to filter th