Pignerol

See Pinerolo. Pignotti (pēn-yot'tē), Lorenzo. Born in Tuscany, 1739: died at Pisa, 1812. An Italian physician, historian, and fabulist. He was made historiographer of the kingdom of Etruria in 1801, and rector of the University of Pisa in 1809. Among his works are "La Felicità dell' Austria e dell a To scan a" (1791), his "Fables" (1779), which are popular in Italy, and other poems. Pigott (pig'ot) Diamond, The. A famous diamond brought to England by Earl Pigott. It weighed 49 carats, and was thought to be worth about $200,000. Pigwiggen (pig-wig'en). Afairy knight in Drayton's "Nymphidia." He has a combat with Oberon, who is jealous of him and his love for Queen Mab. The name is also given to a constable mentioned in "Selimus," a tragedy, probably by Robert Greene, published in 1594. Pijaos (pe-Hä'ōs). An Indian tribe of New Granada (Colombia) which, at the time of the conquest, was numerous and powerful near Popayan, on the rivers Cauca and Neyva. They were little advanced in civilization. The Pijaos were apparently related to the modern Pan i quit as and Paes or Paezes: the latter are sometimes called Pijaos.