If I had a leaflet that consisted of two sections folded longitudinally one on top of the other, I'd have a diptych. If there were three sections folded longitudinally, both side sections folding over the centre part, I'd have a triptych. But what I do have is a leaflet that is divided into four longitudinal panels, folded over each other in a zig-zag fashion. Is that called something like "quatriptych"? "Tetriptych"?

Marianna

Dear Marianna: as a feeble jest, what you have sounds like a manifold.

although the OED lists tetraptych and pentaptych as rare usages for 4 and 5 folds respectively, it also has the more general
polyptych - Anything consisting of more than three leaves or panels folded or hinged together, as a picture or an altar-piece.

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how about quadruptych
it appears as the name of a flickr group... as does polyptych
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