MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a distinctive mask constructed from leather, he became a omen of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, regularly bearing glass, were imagined to filter