diptych

A two-piece, hinged panel painting or plaque. Pronunciation here.

Hans Memling. Diptych of Jean de Cellier. Oil on panel. Ca. 1475. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Diptych of Flavius Anastasius Probus. Ivory. Ca. 517 CE. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.

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