diptych in English
noun
1
a painting, especially an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels that may be closed like a book.
David Bierk's long romance with art history was evident in this show of 21 oil paintings, mostly diptychs and triptychs, which included, among other things, reproductions of specific well-known paintings.
2
an ancient writing tablet consisting of two hinged leaves with waxed inner sides.
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1. Panel of a Diptych Announcing the Consulship of Justinian 521 Byzantine
2. The Double is at play twice in this diptych as the moldy mirror image of the painting reinforces the closed world of their sisterhood.
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