MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, they was a omen of both fear and temporary hope. These masks, often bearing eyes, were thought to filter the air that w