MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, it was a symbol of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, regularly bearing eyes, were imagined to filter the mia