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Face - prosopon

Definition: Prosopon (pros'-o-pon) Noun, Neuter - the Face, the front of the human head.

Diagram: The Sign of a Face is made from twelve simple vesicas, the area where two equal circles intersect at their common radius chord. The above diagram shows how a "christ face" (1480) is constructed using just a straightedge and a compass. The face has five multicolored vesicas: hair, beard, eyes, nose, and mouth.

Mk 01:02b	Behold, I send my messenger before your "face" ...
Mk 12:14c	for you do not look into the "face of men" ...
Mk 14:65b	And some began to spit on him, and to cover his "face" ...

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