MATTEO of URHA (EDessa). - An Armenian historian of the 12th century, author of a Chronicle or Annals, which narrates historical events from 952 to 1136.
M.’s work is of an uncultivated style, yet interesting in its content, especially in the final part concerning the Crusaders. The French harmonist E. Dulaurier translated M.’s work and introduced it in the series *Recueil des historiens des Croisades* with the Armenian text (*Documents arméniens*, I, Paris 1858).
BIBL.: Ed. of the Armenian text with notes, Jerusalem 1860; 2nd ed. ValarSapat 1898; Chahan Cributed, *Notice de deux musulmans arméniens contenant l'histoire de Mathieu Yerzis*, Extract from this history, relating to the First Crusade, in Armenian and French, Paris 1812; Ed. Dulaurier, *L'Histoire des Croisades d'après les chroniques arméniens*, ibid. 1848.