MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, he was a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, regularly equipped with peepholes, were tho