Pilsen, Francis, a Flemish painter and engraver who flourished al Ghent about the middle of the 18th century. He studied under Robert van Audenarde, Lit- tle is known of his painting; but there are a few prints by him, among « Inch are the following : I 'irgin and In- fant Jesus; i 'onversion of St. Bavon; a >'t. Francis, aftet Rubens; The Martyrdom of St. Blaize, after G. de Cray- ( r. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fim Arts, ii. 697.
Pil'tai 1 1 l«l.. PUtay', "-'-z. my deliverances; Sept.
<t>t\(Ti). the representative of the priestly house "I Mo- adiah. or Maadiah, in the time of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua; apparently one of the priests who returned to Jerusalem with Nehemiah (Neb. xii, 17 i. B.C. 145.
Pilzarro, Abraham Isb m.i, of Amsterdam, a Jew- ish litterateur, was of Portuguese origin, and nourished in Italy mar the opening of this century, lie wrote Discursos y exposiciones sobre la vara d\ Jeuda,&n ex- position Of Jacob's prophecy, entitled "the So pi re of
Judah," in which he complains of the unfair manner in which Christians expound the Scriptures, ol their mi- ni m 3 for such a task, and the danger of confuting their interpretations. <>u account of its odious contents il was suppressed by the leaders of the congregation (a MS. copy of this work is t,, be found in the Saracin Library i. See De Rossi, Dizionario storico degli autori Ebrei, p. 264; id. BibLJud. Antichrist. (Parma, 1800), p.
92; Wolf, Bibl Hebr. in. 12; De I g, Bibl. Sacra, ti.
594 i wlerc the author i- called Bizaro)\ Lindo, Hist, of the .li us in Spain and Portugal, \>. 369, (B. P.)
Pimentel, Abraham ha-Kohi \. a Jewish rabbi, flourished about the middle of the l.ih century. He was :1 pupil of Saul Mortera. ami afterwards rabbi at the academj Keter Tora ol Amsterdam, and lastly rabbi of the congregation of the Sephardim at Hamburg. He wrote *|HD r"": on Jewish rites. m three parts (Amsterd. 1668): academic treatises in the Portuguese language, under the title Questoena it discoursoa acu- ta illitstn Academia "r:
i "T ■ funtamentt algvns sermons compostos por o dit- to Miami,. 1688). See Wolf. Bibl. Hebr. i. '.'7: iii. 7.8 sq.; I >e Rossi, Dizionario storico degli autori Ebrei, p. 264 (Germ. transl. by Bamberger); Ftlrst, BibLJud. iii, 101. (B.P.)
Pin ("""• yathed), a tent-pin, spoken of the copper pegs driven into the ground to hold the cords of the court (Exod. xxvii, 19; xxxv. 18; xxxviii, 20, 31 ; xxxix. Hi; Numb. iii. 37; iv. :;_'>. or lor any other purpose (Judg. xvi, 14; Ezek. xv, 3), being tl word elsewhere usually rendered ••nail' (Judg. ir, 21, •-'■-' : v. ^t;: Kzra ix. .s": Isa. xxii, 22, 25; Zech. \. 4), occasionally " stake'' (Isa. xxxiii, 20; liv,2), once " pad- dle" (Deutxxiii, 13). See X wt.
Pins, in the modern -en-" of the word, used for fas- tening the dress, were no doubt in use among the He- brews, as we know they were among the Egyptians, but they were frequently made of bone or wood, and bore a considerable resemblance to skewers, a- did those used even in England till a comparatively recent period. The forms of the Egyptian pins may be seen in the British Museum. "Pins and needles were among the articles of the toilet which have occasionally been found in the tombs. The former are frequently of consider- able length, with large gold head-: ami some, of a dif- ferent form, tapering gradually to a point, merely bound with gold at the upper end. without any projecting head i ~, \ en or eight inches in length), appear to ha-, e been intended for arranging the plaits or curls of hair, like those used in England in the days of Elizabeth for
nearly the same purpose" ( Wilkinson. Anc. Egypt, ii, oil 1. See CRISPING-PIN.
Ancient Egyptian Toilet-pins.
Pinart, MICHEL, a French Orientalist, was horn in .Inly. 1659, at Sens. His parents died when he was very young, and left him penniless. Admitted by the protection of the abbe Boileau, grand-vicar at Sens, in the community of Germain Gillot, he learned there Latin, Greek, ami the elements of Hebrew, lie was sufficiently proficient in the latter language to be able
to help father Thomassin in his Glossaire. He ob- tained a situation a- tutor at the College Mazaiin. and
in 1712 was appointed theologisl of the chapter ol Sens.
He had been a member of 1 1c Academic des Inscrip- tions sin,,- L706. The "Collections" of this company ami i be "Journal des Savan-" contain several memoirs of him. He died at Sens July '■>. 1717. — Hoefer, Nouv, Biog. i, in' mil , xl, 248.
Pinault, l'n .inn Olivier, a French writer who
llourished in the second half of last century, was a member of the Parliament of Paris, and is the author oi. J in;, m, nt parti snr Ii s .1, suit i s jmr let grands hommes
et de VI \t (1 761, I ! : I a nouvelU phi*
losophit devoilet (1770, l2mo): and Origim des maux il, PEglise < 1787, l2mo). He published a new edition oi He'ricourt's Lois ecclesiastiques d\ Frana (1771, fol.), and some translations of Portuguese and Italian works.
Hoefer, Vou . Bi g.Gi m rale, xl, 248.