PENTOLINO: a vase or pipkin. Tra. 153.
PERLA, PERLETTE: a pearl.
PESTARE: to pound. Tra. 31. PESTATA: the substance pounded. Tra. 93.
PIANO DEL MARTELLO: see [PENNA].
PIASTRA, PIASTRETTA: a plate; as in PIASTRA DI RAME: a copperplate. Tra. 13.
PICCIUOLETTO: see [GAMBETTO].
PIEGATO: bent, inclined, as of the tool described. Tra. 128.
PIEGHETTA: used by Cellini to describe little raised carved pips or patterns on the metal field with a view to their showing through the translucent enamel to express damask or diaper, &c. Tra. 28.
PIENO: full, rich; of the colour of a stone. Tra. 38.
PIETRA FORTE: a stone used by the Florentine sculptors; of hard substance & tan coloured, & found in small quantities in the neighbourhood of Florence. Tra. 202. PIETRA MORTA: quarry stone; in general, of any rough stone fragment. Tra. 187, 189. More specifically of a soft tan coloured stone found in the vicinity of Florence, and much used because of its durability for all sorts of carving. Tra. 202. PIETRA SERENA: a very soft, blue-grey coloured stone found in large quantities in the neighbourhood of Fiesolé and Settignano, but used mostly for internal work owing to its want of durability. Tra. 201.