MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of oiled cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, he emerged a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly equipped with peepholes, were thought