Glencairn Museum

ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 25 RAYMOND AND MILDRED PITCAIRN POSE FOR THEIR 1954 CHRISTMAS CARD PICTURE BESIDE THE DAYS OF CREATION FIREPLACE IN GLENCAIRN’S UPPER HALL. THE BRYN ATHYN HISTORIC DISTRIC...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 24 PANEL DEPICTING TWO ANGELS IN A SCENE FROM THE NATIVITY; POSSIBLY FROM THE INFANCY OF CHRIST WINDOW IN THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE-DAME IN CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE. GLENCAIRN ...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 23 THIS 15TH-CENTURY LIMESTONE SCULPTURE OF MARY HOLDING THE CHRIST CHILD WAS MADE IN FRANCE. GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHYN, PA, 09.SP.114. This 15th-century limestone scul...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 22 THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT, FROM THE 12TH-CENTURY INFANCY OF CHRIST WINDOW OF THE ABBEY CHURCH OF SAINT-DENIS, FRANCE. GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHYN, PA, 03.SG.114. Three con...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 21 DIORAMA OF THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE SHEPHERDS BY WINFRED S. HYATT, MADE AROUND 1925. GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHYN, PA, C37. This scene shows the Annunciation to the Shep...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 20 THIS LARGE STAINED-GLASS WINDOW FEATURING MARY HOLDING THE CHRIST CHILD IS IN THE WEST WALL OF GLENCAIRN’S GREAT HALL. GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHYN, PA. This large st...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 19 LIMESTONE RELIEF WITH THE ADORATION OF THE WISE MEN, 13TH-CENTURY FRANCE. (DETAIL PHOTO ON TOP.) GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHYN, PA, 09.SP.85. This limestone relief featu...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 18 DIORAMA OF THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE SHEPHERDS BY WINFRED S. HYATT, MADE AROUND 1925. GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHYN, PA, C37. This scene shows the Annunciation to the Shep...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 17 THIS STAINED-GLASS PANEL WITH THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE WAS MADE BY LAWRENCE SAINT AROUND 1919. GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHYN, PA, 03.SG.353. This panel from a Chri...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 16 THIS PANEL FROM A PLEXIGLAS LAMPSHADE, PAINTED BY FRANK SNYDER IN THE 1930S OR 1940S, FEATURES AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE JOURNEY OF THE WISE MEN. GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHY...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 15 PAGE FROM A 15TH-CENTURY BOOK OF HOURS, LIKELY MADE IN NORTHEAST FRANCE. GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHYN, PA, 07.MS.639. This scene of the Presentation in the Temple is fr...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 14 STAINED-GLASS PANEL DEPICTING THE ANNUNCIATION TO MARY MADE IN 13TH CENTURY FRANCE. GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHYN, PA, 03.SG.236. This stained-glass panel, made in 13th-...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 13 SCENE OF THE JOURNEY OF THE WISE MEN, MADE BY WINFRED S. HYATT AROUND 1925. GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHYN, PA, C37. This scene shows the Wise Men gazing at the Star of B...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 12 STAINED-GLASS PANEL WITH THE ADORATION OF THE WISE MEN, MADE BY LAWRENCE SAINT AROUND 1919. GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, BRYN ATHYN, PA, 03.SG.356. This panel from a Christmas win...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 11 Polychromed wood sculpture of Mary and the Christ Child made in 12th-century France. Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, 12.SP.07. This medieval sculpture features the Chr...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 10 Stained-glass panel from the Church of Sainte-Radegonde in Poitiers, France (c. 1270–75). Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, 03.SG.43. This 13-century stained-glass pan...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 9 Watercolor painting by Maud Petersham, from Woodstock, New York (1961). Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, 07.WC.1225. This watercolor painting of the Presentation in the ...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 8 Limestone relief of the Adoration of the Wise Men, 13th-century France. (Detail photo on top.) Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, 09.SP.119. This limestone relief with the...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 7 Lampshade panel illustrating the Visitation of the Shepherds, made in the late 1930s or early 1940s. Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, 11.OP.02. This handcrafted lampshad...

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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 6 Stained-glass roundel of the Annunciation to the Shepherds made in 13th-century France. Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, 03.SG.240. This 13th-century stained-glass round...

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