MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, it became a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, frequently bearing peepholes, were thought to filter the air