MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, he emerged a symbol of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly bearing peepholes, were believed to filter t