ACCETTO

ACCETTO. – A Puglian marble-worker of the 11th century. A pulpit in the cathedral of Canosa bears his name and that of the commissioner: “Per i gussissem domini mei Guiberti venerabilis presbyteri – Ego Acceptus peccator archidiaconus feci hoc opus.” The pulpit dates from the mid-11th century and is one of the earliest examples of Apulian Romanesque sculpture: it is rectangular in shape, with smooth panels and a small semi-cylindrical projection housing the lectern supported by an eagle; it rests on four round arches, supported by polygonal columns. The framing of the panels, the spandrels, the archivolts and the capitals are carved with motifs of Byzantine derivation, with some Muslim echoes: the execution of these ornaments is singularly clear and vigorous. To A. are attributed the remains of another pulpit, dated 1041, in the church of S. Michele at Monte S. Angelo.