MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, they was a representation of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, often equipped with peepholes, were thought to filt