PIETRUCCOLA, PETRUCCOLA, PIETRUZZA: a little stone or gem. Tra. 69, 163.
PIGLIARE: to take, generally. PIGLIARE IL CALDO: to take the heat; to grow warm, e.g., of the enamel plate when held to the furnace before its insertion. Tra. 34.
PIGNATTA: any large receptacle. Tra. 136, 155.
PIGNERE: to paint; to streak or paste over as with liquid gesso. Tra. 101, 104.
PILA: the lower of the two dies for minting, fashioned in the form of a small stake or anvil, and described with the whole process. Tra. 111, 113. See also [TORSELLO].
PIOMBO: the bureau for affixing the leaden seals to papal bulls; an ecclesiastical office in Rome sometimes given to laymen (S.). V. 125.
PITTORACCIO: an indifferent painter. Tra. 84.
PIVIALE: a cope. Tra. 49, 80.
POMICE, POMMICE: pumice stone. Tra. 92.
PORFIDO: porphyry. Tra. 30.