MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a distinctive mask constructed from leather, he became a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, often bearing eyes, were imagined to f