Bauta

The 'Bauta' was the most traditional and most common type of mask.

BellaOnline - The Voice of Women 2009

He was born in Bauta and continues to live humbly in Bauta next to his neighbors and parents.

CASTOR SPEECH MARKING MONCADA ASSAULT ANNIVERSAR 1987

All at once he remembered the Bauta and, taking it from beneath his arm where he had rather self-consciously kept it during his walk, he slipped it over his head so that it settled upon his face.

The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

'Bauta!' the priest called in an odd, throaty voice.

The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

Like the Bauta over the concierge's desk downstairs, it was painted a glossy white, had a prominent nose and even more aggressive upper lip line which defined its lower edge, so that there was something vaguely apelike about its overall appearance.

The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

'This is the Bauta - the mask known as the great leveler because it was used by many a powerful Doge, judge or prince to conceal his identity.

The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

The profound sense of freedom he had felt the moment he had donned the Bauta mask was exhilarating.

The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

The particular Doge who built this palazzo and summered here was a rather mischievous fellow, prone to donning his Bauta to go among the common folk and perpetrate - well, all manner of, er, indelicate activity. '

The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

These masks, the Bauta, the Domino, the Gagna, the Primo Zanni, the Plague Doctor, are not figures from the Commedia dell'arte, as is often thought.

The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

'And you know mine,' Nicholas said, 'that is, if you can be certain of who I am behind the Bauta,'

The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983