ury . ▁Be a une ve u ' s ▁contribution ▁to ▁this ▁ill umin ated ▁manuscript ▁was ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁ 2 4 ▁full - page ▁mini atures ▁of ▁ent hr oned ▁proph ets ▁and ▁apost les . ▁The ▁proph ets ▁and ▁apost les ▁face ▁each ▁other ▁across ▁ 1 2 ▁open ings , ▁giving ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁a ▁succession ▁of ▁di pty chs . ▁The ▁figures ▁themselves ▁are ▁painted ▁in ▁gr is aille ▁and ▁both ▁they ▁and ▁the ▁elaborate ▁thr ones ▁on ▁which ▁they ▁sit ▁show ▁evidence ▁of ▁a ▁keen ▁interest ▁in ▁real istic ▁three - dimensional ▁mod elling ▁and ▁for esh ort ening . ▁The ▁style ▁of ▁the ▁mini atures ▁clearly ▁show ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Jean ▁P uc elle , ▁whose ▁most ▁famous ▁work , ▁the ▁H ours ▁of ▁Jean ne ▁d ' E vre ux , ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁possession ▁of ▁the ▁Duc ▁de ▁Ber ry ▁by ▁this ▁time . ▁ ▁S cul pt ure ▁In ▁ 1 3 6 4 ▁Be a une ve u ▁was ▁commission ed ▁by ▁King ▁Charles ▁V ▁to ▁sculpt ▁four ▁mar ble ▁eff ig ies ▁for ▁new ▁tomb s ▁for ▁his ▁pat ernal ▁grand par ents , ▁King ▁Philip ▁VI ▁and ▁Queen ▁Joan ▁of ▁Burg und y , ▁his ▁father ▁King ▁John ▁II ▁of ▁France ▁and ▁himself . ▁These ▁tomb s ▁were ▁dest ined ▁for ▁the ▁Ab bey ▁of ▁St ▁Den is , ▁where ▁the ▁French ▁k ings ▁were ▁tradition ally ▁buried . ▁By ▁creating ▁spect ac ular ▁tomb s ▁for ▁his ▁immediate ▁ancest