MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, it emerged a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, regularly bearing peepholes, were believed to filter the m