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A painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)
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diptych
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diptych \Dip"tych\, n. [L. diptycha, pl., fr. Gr. ? folded, doubled; di- = di`s- twice + ? to fold, double up.] Anything consisting of two leaves. Especially: (Roman Antiq.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A diptych (; from the Greek δίπτυχον, di "two" + ptychē "fold") is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge . In particular the standard notebook and school exercise book of the ancient world was the diptych consisting of a pair of such plates ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within. 2 (context arts English) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Latin diptycha (plural), from late Greek diptykha , neuter plural of diptykhos "double-folded, doubled," from dis- "two" + ptykhe "fold."
Usage examples of diptych.
Brother Luke hath given me some skill in damask work, and in the enamelling of shrines, tabernacles, diptychs and triptychs.
Their names were erased from the diptych of the church: ex venerabili diptycho, in quo piae memoriae transitum ad coelum habentium episcoporum vocabula continentur, (Concil.
He escorted Michelangelo through the palace to show him painted diptychs, carved wooden tablets, silver and gold bowls, coins, terra-cotta heads, ivories, bronzes and small carved marbles.