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Glyptothek
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(from Gr. yXvnrros, carved, and O iK1l, a place of storage), an architectural term given to a gallery for the exhibition of sculpture, and first employed at Munich, where it was built to exhibit the sculptures from the temple of Aegina.
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Two views of the tooth of a Glyptodon; the upper figure showing one side, and the lower the crown.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Glyptothek'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/glyptothek.html. 1910.