MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, it was a symbol of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, often equipped with peepholes, were imagined to fi