MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In the grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a distinctive mask fashioned from leather, he became a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, often bearing glass, were imagined to filter the