MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In this grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, when 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, he was a representation of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, often featuring glass, were thought to filter the