Pereyra, Manuel, a Portuguese sculptor, was born in l(;i4. He settled at Madrid, where he attained great distinction, and is regarded as one of the ablest artists that Portugal has produced. He was commis- sioned to execute a great number of works. His masterpiece is a large statue of the Saviour in the church of the Kosario at iMadrid. It is said that in his old age, having become blind, he made tiie model of a statue of St. John, and directed its execution. This statue is one of his finest works. He died in 1007. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fine Arts, ii, 674, 075.
Pe'rez (1 Chron. xxvii, 3). See Phakez.
Perez, a name common to many Jewish literati, of whom we mention the following:
1. Ben-Elija, also called Raph (^n, also Cl'^lTC), a pupil of R. Jechiel of Paris, lived at Corbeil, and died about 1300. He wrote many Tosafotii or addita- menta to the Talmud, viz. to the treatises Beza, Nazir, Nedarim, Sanhedrim, Maccoth, and Bleila, reprinted in the editions of the Talmud. He also wrote addita- menta to the treatise Baba Kama (X^p N32), which was published, according to a recension of one of his pupils, by Abr. Venano (Livorno, 1819). His Tosafoth to Zebacliim (D'^ri3T 72) is reprinted in Pietosi's n^TO ms= (ibid. 1810).' ■ See Furst, Bibl. Jud. iii, 77 ; Zunz, Zur Geschichte u. Literatur, p. 38, 41, 40, 52, 59, 119, 193, 205, 505. (B. P.)
2. Ben-Isaac ha-Coiiex, a jurist of high repute, a great cabalist, and a celebrated physician, was born about 1241 at Gerona. He wrote a highh' esteemed work, ninbxfl t'.Z'lV'O, "the Dispositions of the Di- vinity," which treats in fifteen sections of the sj^stem of Cabala. It was first printed at Ferrara in 1558, and often since ; lastly at Zolkiew in 1779. See Fiirst, Bibl. Jud. iiij 77 ; De Rossi, D'izionario storico derjli aii- tori Fbrei, p. 200 (Germ, transl. by Hamburger); Lin- do, Hist, of the .Tews in Spain and Portugal, p. 81 ; Zunz, Znr Geschichte u. Literatur, p. 480. (B. P.)
3. Jeiiuda Leon ben-Joseph, who lived at the be- ginning of the 18th century, Avas rabbi at Venice and Amsterdam. He wrote, C^TSIrt m'J^, the Deca- logue, in a poetical Aramaico-Arabic paraphrase, etc. (Amsterdam, 1737) : — Fundamento solido, a compen-
dium of Jewish theology, which treats, in twelve chap- ters, of the fundamental principles of the Jewish relig- ion— God, cosmology, faith, legislature, the thirteen articles of faith, asceticism, ethics, providence, etc. ; it was written in Spanish, and published in 1729 : — CiT^m i"i"^, mystical and cabalistic treatises (Ven- ice, 1716): — 'iTS-? '^'^S, excerpts of discourses deliv- ered at Venice, which bear upon the Pentateuch (Ber- lin, 1712). See Fiirst, Bibl. Jud. iii, 77 sq. ; De Rossi, Dizionario storico degli autori Fbrei, p. 259 sq. (Germ, transl. by Hamburger) ; Jocher, AVgemeines Gelehrlen- Lexikon, s. v. ; Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. iii, 315 sq. (B. P.)
Perez, one of the first Portuguese missionaries in Cochin China, was born about 1035. He joined the French missionaries, and was charged by the bishop of Berynthe to go to Bengarin and .lonsalam to make conversions. He arrived about 1071, and from those places wrote letters to the prelate who had sent him, in whicli were found interesting observations upon the country and its inhabitants. He died towards the close of the 17th century. See Rdaiion des Missions des ereques Frangais, p. 70. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gene- rale, xxxix, 581.
Perez, Father Andre, a Spanish theologian and romance writer, a native of the kingdom of Leon, lived in the early part of the 17th centur}^ He entered the Dominican Order, and attained to the dignity of supe- rior of the convent of the Dominicans in Madrid. His Sermons and his Vie de St. Ragmond de Penafort are forgotten, but inquiries are still made, from motives of curiosity, after his romance of La Picara Justina, which he published under the pseudonj'm of Francois Ubeda, Toledan (Medina-del-Campo, 1005, 4to). It is a weak imitation of Guzman d'Alfarche, destitute of invention, and written in an affected style. It is re- markable only for some licentious incidents, strange enough for the superior of a convent. The liest edi- tion is that of Mayans y Siscar (Madrid, 1735, 4to). See iSchard, Scriptores ordinis Prcedicatorum ; Ticknor, Hist, of Spanish Literature, iii, 01. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, xxxix, 581.
Perez, Andres, a Spanish painter, was born at Seville in 1000. He painted historical subjects ; also flower-pieces, in which he was more successful. Among his principal works are three on sacred subjects in the sanctuary of S. Lucia at Seville, signed "Andres Pe- rez, 1707 ;"' and in the sacristy of the Capuchins of the same city is a picture by him of the Last Judgment, dated 1713. He died in 1727. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fine Arts, ii, 675.
Perez, Antonio, a learned Spanish prelate, was born in 1559 at Saint-Dominica of Silos. He belonged to the Benedictine Order, wlsich chose him for vicar- general, and he helped to revive among his brethren a taste for learning. He occupied successive!}' tlie bish- oprics of Urgel, Lerida, and Tarragona. He died at Madrid May 1, 1037. His principal works are, Apun- tamientos quadragesimales (Barcelona, 1008, 3 vols. 4to) : — Pentateuchum fidei (Madrid, 1620, fol.) ; some pas- sages relative to the authority of the pope caused the work to 1)6 t icitly suppressed, and it has become very rare : — Commentatia in regidum S. Benedicti (Lyons, 1024, 2 vols. 4to). See N. Antonio, Bibl. IFispana Nova. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Ginerah, xxxix. 580 ; Wet- zer u. Welte, Kirchen-Lexikon, xii, 942.