MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, they emerged a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, regularly featuring peepholes, were imagined to filter