_pegmata_ = shelves: use and meaning discussed, 32; in Cicero's library, 33; conclusion respecting, 34 Peisistratus, tyrant of Athens: said to have collected a library, 5 Pembroke Coll., Camb.: library statute, 139; library fittings, 160; bookcases at, 254 Peniscola: library of Boniface XIII., 244 Pergamon: description of site, 7; foundation of library by Eumenes II., 8; given to Cleopatra by Antony, _ibid._; plan of temple and precinct of Athena, 9; account of German exploration, 9-11; plan possibly copied at Rome by Q. Metellus, 14; described to Romans by Crates of Mallus, _ibid._; copied by Hadrian at Athens, 18; by Pope Damasus at Rome, 42 Peter (S.), Liverpool, Ch. of: books bequeathed by John Fells, mariner, 1815, to be chained, 266 Peterborough: cloister windows glazed, 100 Peterhouse, Camb.: library statutes, 134-136; discussion of catalogue dated 1418, 145-148; lecterns in old library, 160; bookcases put up between 1641 and 1648, 251; chaining of books bequeathed by Dr Perne 1588, 265 Peter (S.) Mancroft, Norwich: wooden press in vestry, 96, _note_ Philobiblon: description of libraries of Mendicants quoted from, 72; injunction to handle MSS. carefully, 76, _note_; book-chest prescribed in, 297 Pigeon-hole system: used in Roman libraries, 47 Pilkington, Bp James: statutes for school at Rivington, 262 Platina, Bartolommeo: appointed librarian of Vatican, 208; engages a binder, 209; writes inscription in Latin library, 215; rooms for himself and his assistants, 216; orders desks for Latin library, 217; selects subjects for frescoes in Ospedale di Santo Spirito, 225; his assistants, 231-2; provides all articles required for maintenance, 232 Pliny (the younger): describes _armarium_ sunk in wall of his bedroom, 38 _pluteus_ = shelf: use of word discussed and illustrated, 32, 33, 34 Pollio, C. Asinius: builds a library and an _atrium libertatis_ in Rome B.C. 39, 12 Polycrates, tyrant of Samos: said to have collected a library, 4 Pompeii: reproduction of fresco shewing way to hold roll, 27 Pontis, Wm.: builds staircase in Rouen Cathedral, 129 Porticus Octaviae, 12-14 Portraits of departed authors used to decorate libraries: at Pergamon, 11; by C. Asinius Pollio, 12; by Augustus, 14; in private libraries, 35; inscriptions accompanying them, _ibid._; described by Eucherius, Bp of Lyons, in a private library, 43; in library designed by pope Agapetus, 44 Precentor: called also _armarius_ and entrusted with care of books by Cluniacs, 67; Benedictines, 68; Augustinians, 71; Premonstratensians, 72; supervises use of press at S. Augustine's, Canterbury, 99 Premonstratensians: rules for books among, 72 _Procurator bibliothecarum_: officer appointed by Augustus, 18