What's the history behind long nosed Venetian masks?

I'm in the process of making a ceramic one in my Ceramics class. But I'm curious to story behind it.What's the history behind long nosed Venetian masks?
I honestly have never researched this before, but I found this site that might be what you're looking for:


https://www.magicofvenezia.com/servlet/t鈥?/a>





If not, I'll keep looking.





Edit: From http://www.wikio.com/article/62576741 : ';Not all masks were used for indelicacies, however. The bauta was worn by both men and women, and was not considered a costume but a form of dress -- required wearing if a woman wanted to go to the theater. Il medico della peste had a long beak-like nose stuffed with disinfectants, and, as its name implies, was used to protect doctors from the plague.';





We just finished up the history of Galileo, and during the time he was trying to publish his 'Dialogue' the plague broke out and he couldn't send the manuscript to Rome. In the documentary we watched, there were pictures of doctors wearing those masks going around inspecting bodies.