MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In this grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, it became a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, often equipped with peepholes, were thought to filte