The term diptych is often restricted to a highly ornamented type of notebooks. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
A codex of two leaves was called a diptych; of three, a triptych, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Illuminated Manuscripts] Reference
A diptych is a sort of notebook, formed by the union of two tablets, placed one upon the other and united by rings or by a hinge. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
The beautiful diptych in the Bargello, representing. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
The first one is part 1 of a diptych I am planning. From Wordnik.com. [bad dreams good nightmares] Reference
Looking back diptych, acrylic on wooden panel, 100 x 155 cm. From Wordnik.com. [THINGS YOU SEE WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES - pictures] Reference
In 823, Louis le Debonaire owned a statuette, a diptych, and. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
The earliest diptych, however, is of the year 406, known as the. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
He had folded his diptych together, and was hugging it in his arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
The definition furnished by Ducange, who quotes from the diptych of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
(Yes, you're job is more complicated given the diptych of the first 2.). From Wordnik.com. [Book Cover Smackdown (The Peter F. Hamilton Edition)! 'The Evolutionary Void' vs. 'Pandora's Star' vs. 'Judas Unchained'] Reference
This is decorated with three figures, and is a most interesting diptych. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
I wasn't aware that St. George and the Dragon was actually part of a diptych. From Wordnik.com. [Bibles & Portraits] Reference
The exquisite Nativity and Last Judgment diptych is worth millions at present. From Wordnik.com. [Nativity and Last Judgment diptych] Reference
After a while he sat down at the table, opened a wax diptych, and began to write. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
'Nativity and Last Judgment' diptych confirmed as 12th or 13th century masterpiece. From Wordnik.com. [Nativity and Last Judgment diptych] Reference
This sounds like a bizarre evocation, as if the term were not a diptych of varying meanings. From Wordnik.com. [Stuart Whatley: Obama and the English Language] Reference
Perdikkas sat in his tent at his trestle table, stylus in hand, a wax diptych blank before him. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
The two books form a diptych of interrelated novels quite unlike anything in contemporary fiction. From Wordnik.com. [Weaving Humanity Into History] Reference
I know another couple who has a large diptych of a man biting a woman's nose above their headboard. From Wordnik.com. [Kimberly Brooks: First Person Artist: Wayne White] Reference
In one diptych, Burtynsky confronts a massive wall of tires, rising up to form a new mountain range. From Wordnik.com. [Ballardian » Edward Burtynsky: Oil – A Ballardian Interpretation] Reference
The diptych will have its first public display at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London next month. From Wordnik.com. [Nativity and Last Judgment diptych] Reference
The title work is a magnificent diptych, which shows a fractured scene staged in Mr. Tuymans's backyard. From Wordnik.com. [Luc Tuymans Captures the Moment] Reference
Did the famed Baghdadi Sassoons or some colonial-era bureaucrat decide on the ingenious English diptych?. From Wordnik.com. [Little Waste in Shantytown] Reference
Three Days of the Condor forms with The Parallax View a wonderful diptych of political movies of its day. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
An early video diptych from 2007 shows an anonymous young man taking a sledgehammer to a small plywood house. From Wordnik.com. [Portrait of the Artist as a Young Movie Star] Reference
We return again to him, but this time to a diptych of the Osaka Stadium, former home of a local baseball team. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference
The study of the diptych was not undertaken with this aim but its conclusions vindicate Lord Thomson's approach. From Wordnik.com. [Medieval Ivories from the Thomson Collection at Courtauld Gallery, London] Reference
Grind House, the in-production Rodriguez-Tarantino genre twofer, is an excellent excuse to use the word "diptych.". From Wordnik.com. [Tarantino, Rodriguez announce the 'Grind House' cast | EW.com] Reference
For more than a century, scholars could not believe that the exquisite Nativity and Last Judgment diptych was genuine. From Wordnik.com. [Nativity and Last Judgment diptych] Reference
At 24.75cm by 31.4cm overall, this Passion diptych, made in Paris circa 1350, is the largest known example of the genre. From Wordnik.com. [Medieval Ivories from the Thomson Collection at Courtauld Gallery, London] Reference
So if you're in Germany and have been waiting eagerly for the completion of the diptych in your native language, well, lo!. From Wordnik.com. [Signum] Reference
Memories of/Moments With You, £800,000-£1.2m: Gold-plated steel diptych, studded with hundreds of manufacturerd diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [bestiary | clusterflock] Reference
The nearly 10-foot-high diptych "Two Sunflowers" (1980), an ecstatic, orange inferno, explodes outward, consuming the viewer. From Wordnik.com. [Gallery Gazing in New York] Reference
As a random fact that might vaguely interest people, it's a story-sphere that I did originally consider weaving into the diptych. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
You can clearly see the difference, although the two are equal to each other, which is why I insist on keeping them together as a diptych. From Wordnik.com. [Luc Tuymans Captures the Moment] Reference
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