This catalogue – the English language version of L’art à la cour de Bourgogne: le mécénat de Philippe le Hardi et de Jean sans Peur (1364-1419) – accompanied the exhibition commemorating the 600th anniversary of the death of Philip the Bold (1342-1404), the first Valois duke of Burgundy and brother of Charles V, king of France. From the start, some readers may find it somewhat challenging to decipher the rationale behind the organization of the volume’s contents. Unlike standard exhibition catalogues, which generally include a relatively small number of tightly focused essays followed by the complete catalogue, this volume adopts a rather unconventional more is moreapproach. Essays are numerous and brief, and sometimes redundant in subject matter. The catalogue is divided topically, with groups of entries printed in sections with their related essays. Multiple entries are often combined on single pages, and accompanying photographs are not always where the reader might expect or want them to be...