MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a distinctive mask designed from leather, he became a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, frequently equipped with eyes, were imagined to filter t