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A domino mask (from Latin ''dominus'', "lord", and Medieval Latin ''masca'', "specter") is a small, often rounded mask covering only the eyes and the space between them. The masks likely date to antiquity, but have seen special prevalence since the 18th century, where they have become traditional wear in particular local manifestations of Carnival. The name is associated in particular with Venetian Carnival, deriving from the Latin in relation to ''domini'', for their resemblance to the winter hoods of French priests, and were a part of a larger ''domino costume'', often in black, and including cape and other features. Differentiation between domino and the more fully covering ''Columbina'' types of masks (also fully covering nose, and at least part of the cheeks) is not clearly delineated in the literature, and so there is some ambiguity in assigning masks between near categories. Even so, masks that are clearly of the domino type have found their way into a variety of high and popular art forms, and are associated with various intrigues and scandals in history. In popular culture, in a simple, rounded, unadorned black form, it is also sometimes known as a burglar or bandit mask.
==History and etymology==
The origin of the domino mask, covering the face in the limited way that it does, likely dates to antiquity, as partial masks of the ''Columbina'' type have been found in the first millennium BC in areas that are now modern Iran (see below). Since the 18th century, domino masks have been traditionally worn during the season of Carnival, e.g. at the Venetian Carnival.
The name in use to describe this partial mask derives from the Latin for dominus, for "lord" or "master",〔E.g., see "domino" at ''Online Etymology'', (), accessed 13 October 2014.〕 combined with the word mask (itself deriving from medieval Latin ''masca'', for "specter" or "nightmare").〔E.g., see "mask" at ''Online Etymology'', (), accessed 13 October 2014.〕 Masks of this type became known as ''domini'' because they resembled French priests' winter hoods, which were white on the inside and black on the outside.〔
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