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fere with Tailiens, for he resided most of his life at Rome. Ill Italy Pepin failed to secure much fame. In the churtli of the hospital at Antwerp are two of his works, which are highly extolled ; they are altar- pieces, with folding doors, in the style of some of the old Flemish masters; the centre picture of one repre- sents the Baptism of St. Augustine, and the laterals on the doors that saint giving alms to the poor and curing the sick ; the other is a similar work, representing St. Elizaheth giving Alms to a group of miserable objects who are struggling to approach her. His portrait, by Vandvck, in the private collection of the king of Hol- land, is described bj' C. J. Niewvenhuyt (in his Cata- logue), who saw several of Pepin's pictures, and says that his talents were but second rate, that his first manner partook of the school of Otho Yenius, but that the works he executed in Italy are in a more elevated style. Pepin died at Rome in 1641. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fine Arts, ii, 672.
Peploe, Samuel, D.D., an English divine, flour- ished in the beginning of the 18th century. He was for a time warden of Manchester. In 1726 he was made bishop of Chestsr. He died about 1752. He published, A Sermon on 1 Kings xriii, 21 (1716, 8vo) : — God's peculiar Care in the Preservation of our Religion and Liberties; a Sermon on 1 Sam. xii, 7 (1716, 8vo) : — Sermon, Matt, xxv, 40 (1730, 4to) : — Sermon, Matt, x, 34 (1733, 4to): — Popish Idolatry a strong Reason tvhy all Protestants should zealous'y ippose the present Rhell- ion; A Sermon on 1 Cor. x, 14 (1745, 4to).
Pepusch, Joh(an)x Christopher, one of the greatest theoretical musicians of modern times, a con- temporary and associate of Handel, was born in 1667 at Berlin, where his father was then minister of a Protestant congregation. At the early age of fourteen he attracted the notice of the court, and was given a lucrative position, which he held until his thirtieth year. The tyranny of his royal master, Frederick I, inclined Pepusch to quit the country and seek employ- ment abroad. He visited Holland, but after a year's tarrj' went over to England. He reached London in 1700, and was engaged as musician at Drury Lane Theatre, where it is thought he assisted in adapting the operas which were performed there. In his private studies he devoted himself principally' to the music of the ancients, especially that of the Greeks, which he regarded as far superior to anything that the moderns were capable of producing. In 1710 he was one of the founders of the Academy of Ancient Music, which existed until 1790. In 1712 he, together with Handel, was engaged by the duke of Chandos (Pope's Timon) to compose for the chapel at Cannons. In 1713 the University of Oxford admitted him to the degree of doctor in music. In 1724 he was persuaded bj- Dr. Berkelej' to join in the scheme for establishing a col- lege in the Bermudas; but as the ship was wrecked the project was precipitately abandoned. At the in- stance of Gay and Rich, he undertook, in 1730, to com- pose and adapt tlie music for the " Beggar's Opera." In 1731 appeared his Treatise on Ilarnwny, which long continued a standard work, and is still studied by art- ists of the first order. In 1737 he was chosen organ- ist for the Charter-House. Having written a paper on the ancient genera, wliich was read before the Roy- al Society, and published in the Pliilosophical Trans- actions, in the year 1746, he soon afterwards was elected a fellow of the Roval Society. He died in 1752.
Pepuzians is a name sometimes given to the Mmi- (anists (q. v.), because IMontanus is said to have taught that a place called Pepuza, in Phrygia, was the chosen spot at which the millennial reign of Clirist was des- tined to liegin.
Pera (or Bursa) is the name of a four-cornered case for the keeping of the corporale, and is of the same material and color as the altar-dress. The oil
for the anointing of the sick and the host were carried by the priests in the pera, hung about the neck.
Peraccini, Guiseppe, called // Mirandolese, an Italian painter, was born at Mirandola in 1672. Ac- cording to Crespi, he studied under Marc' Antonio Franceschini, whose stjde he adopted. He executed some works for the churches at Bologna. He must not be confounded with Pietro Paltronieri, called Mi- randolese dalle prospeltino. He died in 1754. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fine Arts, ii, 676.
Peraea (ntpaia, from Tifjjar, beyond), a name given to a portion of the country beyond Jordan, or on the east side of that river, the ancient possession of the two tribes of Reuben and Gad. According to Jo- sephus (ll'ar, iii, 3, 3), it was bounded on the west by Jordan, east by Philadelphia, north by Pella, and south by the castle of Macha;rus. The country was fruitful, abounding with pines, olive-trees, palm-trees, and oth- er plants, which grew in the fields in great abundance ; it was well watered with springs and torrents from the mountains. It corresponds in an enlarged sense to "<Ae region round about Jordan" (Ji Tripixf^poQ roD 'lopcdvov, Matt, iii, 5 ; Luke iii, 3; the earlier "ISS of Gen. xiii, 10). See Palestine. The events connect- ed with this region mentioned in the O. T. are noticed under the articles Gilead and Bashan. It would seem to have been partially visited by our Lord (John X, 14). See Bethabara.