TRIPTYCH (Gr. rpiary os, three-

See also:

• FOLD

fold, made in three layers, TpL-, rpeis, three; arux1, a fold; 7rr(uoELv, to fold,

See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

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 .