MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, he emerged a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, often featuring peepholes, were imagin