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- Diptych comment "A diptych (/ˈdɪptɪk/; from the Greek δίπτυχον,di \"two\" + ptychē \"fold\") is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. In particular the standard notebook and school exercise book of the ancient world was the diptych consisting of a pair of such plates that were wax tablets, with on their inside faces a recessed space filled with wax. This took writing made with a pointed stylus. When the notes were no longer needed the wax could be slightly heated and then smoothed to allow reuse.".