MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, as the Black Death swept 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, it emerged a omen of both fear and temporary hope. Their masks, regularly bearing eyes, were believed to filter the