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 figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, he became a omen of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, often bearing glass, were thought to filter the foulness