MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, when the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, horrific coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, he emerged a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly bearing eyes, were believed to filter t