The Face in Plant 17v

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I'm personally not inclined to see the "tendrilface" here (I mean I do "see" it but I don't think it's intentionally a face), however if we're going to look into beard trends, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has many links to medieval images of beards.
The images below are from those links, all 15th C.
Clearly, as davidjackson points out, there's less facial hair than in previous centuries overall, however we do find the long beard split in two down the center, which in a profile view would not be noticeably different from a regular long beard.
Also there are some shorter ones, and even a goatee.