MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

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