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Panopticons

Scope note

Buildings, as prisons, hospitals, or libraries, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point. RHDEL2

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30004836

Term used for

panoptikons

Equivalent Terms used

panopticon

Created

13yrs ago

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