Matthew of Vendôme (Matheus or Matthaeus Vindocinensis) was a French author of the 12th century, writing in Latin, who had been was a pupil of Bernard Silvestris, at Tours, as he himself writes.
De Vendôme is known for his Ars Versificatoria, a theoretical work on (Latin) versification, and as the author of Milo, an elegiac comedy; and also wrote on the art of letter-writing, the Ars dictaminis, as with the poor student's begging letter: "I am in want.
"[1] His works have been issued in a scholarly edition in three volumes: Mathei Vindocinensis Opera; edidit Franco Munari.
According to E. R. Curtius, ... he lays stress upon brevity as characteristic of the modern stylistic ideal, in contrast to the ancients.
[2]Helen Waddell however considered that "Matthew of Vendóme is responsible for perhaps the dullest Art of Poetry that has ever been written";[3] while the work has also been criticised for its lack of organisation.