The New International Encyclopædia/Peutinger, Konrad

PEUTINGER, poĭ'ting-ẽr, (1465-1547). A German antiquary, born at Augsburg. He studied law at Padua, and at twenty-eight became syndic of his native city, which he represented in several Diets, notably that of Worms in 1521. His writings on classical antiquities were very valuable; the most important is Inscriptiones Romanæ (1520). He is best known as owner of the Tabula Peutingeriana. Consult the reproduction edited by Mannert (Ravensburg, 1888), and Herberger, Konrad Peutinger in seinem Verhältnis zu Kaiser Maximilian (Augsburg, 1851).