MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, it was a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, often featuring peepholes, were imagined to filter the air that was cr