MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In the grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a distinctive mask fashioned from leather, he was a symbol of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, often bearing peepholes, were believed to filter the foul