BOOK REVIEW. Along Burgundian roads

Anyone strolling through the French, excuse me, Burgundian city of Dijon will be delighted every hour with the sounds of an age-old technological wonder that tells the right time. It is a mechanical doll that strikes a church bell with a hammer, a so-called Jacquemart or hour chime. A tourist guide will tell you that this was stolen from the Kortrijk belfry after the Battle of Westrozebeke (1382). Robber knight on duty: Duke Philip the Bold. We …