MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, horrific coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, they emerged a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, often equipped with peepholes, were imagined to filter