Matthias of Arras belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Matthias of Arras as French architect.
Matthias of Arras was born at Arras in 1290. His recorded nationality is France.
Learning then moved through courts, monasteries and madrasas, and reach depended on which libraries and translations lay within travelling distance.
He worked as architect, sculptor and bricklayer.
His principal work is St. Vitus Cathedral. Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His recorded fields of work are architecture, civil engineering and medieval architecture.
That the work was done from France matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Matthias of Arras died in 1352, aged 62. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Notable work: St. Vitus Cathedral
- Worked as architect, sculptor and bricklayer
