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A triptych (from the Greek tri- "three" + ptyche "fold") is a painting which is divided into three sections, or three carved panels which are hinged together to form a complete artwork.


"The Raising of the Cross",, Antwerp


Triptychs were most common with Renaissance painters and sculptors, especially those who presented religious themes, like Hans Memling and Hieronymus Bosch.

Altarpieces in churches and cathedrals, both in Europe and elsewhere, were often in triptych-form. One such cathedral is Llandaff Cathedral. The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Belgium contains two examples by Rubens.

A triptych is also a type of branching on a printed circuit boardA printed circuit board or PCB interconnects electronic components without discrete wires. Alternative names are printed wiring board or PWB . The simplest PCB is a layer of copper foil glued to a sheet of plastic (referred to as the substrate), often an.

Triptych is also a computer gameA computer game is any sort of game that is played using a computer. General Although often associated, computer games are not necessarily video games although all but the earliest video games (such as Pong, which used dedicated analogue circuitry) are co by Chronic Logic .


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