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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)

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 " See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain crusher," or from irbgepos (= " triple fighter," see See also:

• DEMETER

DEMETER).a See also:

• PAINTING

painting, See also:

• CARVING

carving or other decorative See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design, executed on three compartments or panels, so constructed that the two wings may See also:

• FOLD

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 See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side-pieces are usually appropriate and subsidiary to that of the centre . The See also:

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

triptych is most frequently designed as an See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar-piece . An earlier use of the See also:

• TERM

term is for a set of three wooden or See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing-tablets, hinged or otherwise fastened together, the central tablet being waxed on both sides for the impression of the stilus or writing See also:

• IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement, the See also:

• OUTER

outer tablets only on the inside . The three tablets thus formed a small See also:

• BOOK

book .