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TRIPTYCH (Gr. rpiary os, three-fold, made in three layers, TpL-, rpeis, three; arux1, a fold; 7rr(uoELv, to fold, double over)

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 292 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TRIPTYCH (Gr. rpiary os, three-fold, made in three layers, TpL-, rpeis, three; arux1, a fold; 7rr(uoELv, to fold, double over) ,
Other suggested derivations are from rpipw, alXai (bXat), the "
grain
  crusher," or from irbgepos (= " triple fighter," see DEMETER).a
painting
 , carving or other decorative
design
 , executed on three compartments or panels, so constructed that the two wings may fold on hinges over the centre-piece; the backs of the wing-pieces are often also painted, carved or otherwise decorated. The subject of the side-pieces are usually appropriate and subsidiary to that of the centre. The triptych is most frequently designed as an altar-piece. An earlier use of the
term
  is for a set of three wooden or
ivory
  writing-tablets, hinged or otherwise fastened together, the central tablet being waxed on both sides for the impression of the stilus or writing implement, the outer tablets only on the inside. The three tablets thus formed a small
book
 .


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