MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, they was a omen of both fear and temporary hope. These masks, regularly equipped with eyes, were imagined to filter the air t