The human face, from afar, emulates the sky, and just as man's intellect is an imperfect reﬂection of God's wisdom, so his two eyes, with their limited brightness, are a reﬂection of the vast illumination spread across the sky by sun and moon; the mouth is Venus, since it gives passage to kisses and words of love; the nose provides an image in miniature of Jove's sceptre and Mercury's staff.