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The word 'triptych' is commonly used to denote a type of item that has three sections clearly divisible from each other but which, in the same way, maintain union with the side. The name triptych comes from the Greek, from the word triptyche, which means triple fold. Normally, the idea of ​​a triptych is related to different types of works of art, although brochures, furniture pieces and other elements can also be found with this Format.

When talking about triptychs, reference is generally made to works of art since this format was very characteristic of the Middle Ages (in which the idea of ​​the Christian Trinity fitted perfectly with the triple format). In this sense, many works of art of the time were made on tables of wood, ivory or metal with different designs, engravings and reliefs. The beauty and delicacy of these works made them highly popular and recognized regardless of its size (being able to find some in miniature size and others worthy of decorating entire rooms).

Today, the notion of triptych is also applied to many pictorial works of art that are composed, needless to say, of three parts, although they do not remain physically united if not symbolically or through the continuation of the figures.

At the same time, the triptych format is one that allows a user information have six faces instead of four (the traditional and conventionaldesign of information brochures) that are folded and that offer the reader more space for information, design or images.

Finally, the triptych shape is also found in some furniture, the screens (of Japanese origin) being one of the easiest examples to identify. These screens (as well as the doors of some furniture, some libraries or cabinets) are composed of three parts and can also be one artwork.