MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, it became a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, frequently featuring glass, were imagined to filt