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diptych

two-part polyptych
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diptych

Summary

diptych ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (276 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • diptych was followed by triptych[2].
  • diptych is a type of polyptych[3].
  • diptych is a type of dilogy[4].
  • diptych's Commons category is recorded as Diptychs[5].
  • diptych comprises left panel[6].
  • diptych comprises right panel[7].
  • diptych's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Diptychs[8].
  • diptych's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • diptych's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • diptych's partially coincident with is recorded as pair of paintings[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include polyptych[3] and dilogy[4].

Use and Application

Components include left panel[6] and right panel[7].

Why It Matters

diptych ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (276 views/month).[1] diptych has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] diptych is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  2. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Diptychs
    Has part(s) → left panel, right panel
    Svkkl authority id → 0346134-diptychy
    Followed by → triptych
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0346134-diptychy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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