Matthew of Vendôme (writer)
Matthew of Vendôme (also Matthaeus or Matheus Vindocinensis ) was a 12th century French writer. He was in Tours , where he was brought up by his uncle, the Archbishop of Tours, who said he was a pupil of Bernardus Silvestris . At the time of Hugo Primate he lived in Orléans , followed by ten years in Paris . On his return to Tours he belonged to the court of Archbishop Barthelemy of Vendôme. He is known for his Ars Versificatoria , a theoretical work on Latin verse theory .
Matthew coined the hexameter handed down in school rhetoric with the six questions of the classical topic : Quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando? (Who, what, where, with what, why, how, when?).
literature
- R. Peppermüller: Matthaeus von Vendôme . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 6, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7608-8906-9 , column 400.
- Carsten Wollin: Contributions to the chronology of works and reception of Matthäus von Vendôme , in: Sacris erudiri 45 (2006), pp. 327–352.
Web links
- Publications on Matthew of Vendôme in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matthew of Vendôme |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Matheus Vindocinensis; Matthaeus Vindocinensis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century or 12th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 12th century or 13th century |