MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In the grim epoch check here of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, he became a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, often equipped with peepholes, were