MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, it was a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, often featuring peepholes, were believed to filter th