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triptych
[ trip-tik ]
noun
- Fine Arts. a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like.
- a hinged, three-leaved tablet, written on, in ancient times, with a stylus.
triptych
/ ˈtrɪptɪk /
noun
- a set of three pictures or panels, usually hinged so that the two wing panels fold over the larger central one: often used as an altarpiece
- a set of three hinged writing tablets
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Origin of triptych1
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Example Sentences
And the evangelicals have been especially irked by the recent sale of a Francis Bacon triptych for an astounding $142 million.
Yet each devoted his energies to matters of universal concern, and together they form a curious triptych on the mortal condition.
Everything is in motion, and the triptych panels often construct a narrative, like the frames of a film do.
"The Smoker," and "Mother and Daughter," a triptych, are two of her principal pictures.
There is in the Cluny Museum, in Paris, a beautiful triptych, evidently of the sixteenth century.
There is also a very little triptych, with a Descent from the Cross, and an inscription on the shutters.
In his native town, in the church of S. Gregorio, is a triptych by him, dated 1473.
Among the best is a triptych in the sacristy of the Cathedral representing the birth of the Virgin.
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