MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Clad a long, horrific coat of oiled cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, it was a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, regularly bearing peepholes, were imagined t