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The Cloisters is one of the museums of the , Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert , Bonnefont-en-Comminges , Trie-en-Bigorre , and Froville . These disassembled European buildings were reassembled in the park (1934/38) setting with gardens planted according to horticultural information culled from various medieval documents and artifacts. Among the famous works of art held at the Cloisters are seven south Netherlandish tapestries depicting " The Hunt Of The Unicorn ", Robert Campin 's '' Merode Altarpiece '', and the Romanesque altar cross known as the "Cloisters Cross" or " Bury Cross ." The Cloisters also holds many medieval manuscripts and illuminated books, including the Limbourg Brothers ' '' Très Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry '' and Jean Pucelle's Book Of Hours for Jeanne D'Evreux . The museum and adjacent park were created thanks to an endowment grant by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Besides purchasing this land and donating it to the city, Rockefeller also purchased and donated to the State of New Jersey several hundred acres of the New Jersey Palisades on the other side of the Hudson River in order to preserve the view from the museum. SEE ALSO LITERATURE
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