Matthew Paris, known as
Matthew of Paris (Latin:
Matthæus Parisiensis,
lit. "Matthew the Parisian"; c. 1200 – 1259), was a
Benedictine monk,
English chronicler, artist in
illuminated manuscripts and
cartographer, based at
St Albans Abbey in
Hertfordshire. He wrote a number of works, mostly historical, which he scribed and illuminated himself, typically in drawings partly coloured with
watercolour washes, sometimes called "tinted drawings". Some were written in
Latin, some in
Anglo-Norman or
French verse.