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noun

Diptych n.

Anything consisting of two leaves. Especially:

(a)

(Roman Antiq.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.

(b)

A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych.

A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church; a catalogue of saints.

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Etymology of 'Diptych'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Diptych" Quotes from Famous Books

... the choir. The "Annunciation," which according to Vasari was in the church of San Francesco at San Miniato, and which Milanesi believes to be in the Museum of Madrid, is instead now in the National Gallery at London. It is a diptych, in one panel the archangel Gabriel, with golden wings outspread, crossing his hands on his breast bows before the Virgin, who in the other panel leans forward to listen to his blessed word. The scene is in a cloister, from the arches of which a field of flowers ...

— Fra Angelico • J. B. Supino

Words linked to "Diptych" : art, fine art