MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In the grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a distinctive mask constructed from leather, they was a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, often bearing peepholes, were imagined to filter the mi