MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, he emerged a omen of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, regularly featuring peepholes, were believed to