MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, it emerged a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, often featuring peepholes, were imagined to filter t