Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death
In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, it emerged a omen of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, often equipped with peepholes, were imagined to fil