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Polyptych

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Polyptych 

(1) A painting or relief consisting of several panels.

(2) Several pictures with a common subject and unity of color and composition.
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The cycle of paintings, grouped into polyptychs, shows how the artist has drawn inspiration from the medieval Book of Hours, where the hours of day and night were given liturgical significance.
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The Byzantine Church of San Michele dei Greci features a Neapolitan school polyptych dating from 1614.
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