written a few decades earlier and which is a dictionary of medicines rather than an encyclopedia of medicines. References External links A short biography of Mattheus Silvaticus together with a description of his Pandectarum Medicinae is at SummaGallicana.it (in Italian language) Different editions of the Opus Pandectarum (aka Liber Pandectae) as printed in Latin in the late 15th century are online at Digitale-Sammlungen.de (year 1498), Digitale-Sammlungen.de (year 1488), Gallica.BNF.fr (year 1480). 14th-century Latin writers History of medieval medicine Pharmacopoeias Year of birth uncertain 1280 births 1342 deaths