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===Medieval art=== ====Gothic art==== The museum has a collection of religious art from the medieval period. This includes wood and stone sculptures, wooden church furnishings and architectural fragments.<ref>{{cite web|title=Collections β Glasgow Life|url=http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/burrell-collection/the-collection/Pages/The-Collection.aspx}}</ref> One of these items is the [[Temple Pyx]]. [[File:Statue of The Thinker, 1880 CE..JPG|thumb|left|Thinker, Auguste Rodin 1880 CE|303x303px]] ====Tapestries==== The collection has over 200 tapestries and carpets.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Burrell Collection Highlights|url=https://burrellcollection.com/collection-highlights/|access-date=27 January 2022|website=Burrell}}</ref> ====Stained glass==== The museum is home to more than 700 stained glass panels from across Europe in the collection, including many examples of Gothic, Renaissance, and Romanesque styles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cannon-macinnes.co.uk/linda-cannon/ |title = Cannon {{!}} MacInnes :: Linda Cannon}}</ref> Much of the glass has [[heraldry|heraldic]] motifs. In 2013, a project was commenced to conserve and research the museum's collection of stained glass from the [[Carmelite]] church at Boppard-am-Rhein, Germany. The 34 panels that make up the Burrell collection of Boppard windows have a combined surface area of 14 square metres.<ref>{{cite journal|title=New Conservation Project Under Way at The Burrell Collection|url=http://vidimus.org/blogs/news/new-conservation-project-underway-at-the-burrell-collection/|date=17 April 2013|journal=Vidimus|issue=68|access-date=22 August 2013}}</ref>
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