Matthew Paris

British  

noun

1. See Paris 2

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Example Sentences

A page from a 13th-century chronicle by Matthew Paris in England shows Noah’s ark resting on a stumpy mountain, visual evidence of one of Armenia’s most striking claims to Judeo-Christian centrality, as the final resting spot of the floating menagerie atop Mount Ararat.

From Washington Post

Chronicler Matthew Paris's epitaph reflects the contempt with which John was widely held - but could also be a nod to his unpleasant demise.

From BBC

The latest addition was a full-sized elephant presented by the King of France, and specially drawn for the record by the indefatigable news-hawk, Matthew Paris.

From Literature

The standard of the chronicles rapidly declined and the best chronicler of the fourteenth century was not a monk like Matthew Paris, but a secular, a wanderer, a hanger-on of princes, Froissart.

From Project Gutenberg

If Matthew Paris’ account of his procedure be true it would seem almost to rival the behaviour of Layton and Legh, however different the character and motive which inspired it.

From Project Gutenberg