Accepted

ACCETTO. - Apulian marble-worker of the 11th century. A pulpit in the cathedral of Canosa bears his name and that of the patron: «Per jussionem domini mei Guitberti venerabilis presbyteri - Ego Acceptus peccator archidiaconus feci hoc opus». The pulpit dates from the mid-11th century and is one of the oldest examples of Apulian Romanesque sculpture: it is rectangular in shape, with smooth panels and a small semicylindrical projection with the lectern supported by an eagle; it rests on four round arches supported by polygonal columns. The frames of the panels, the spandrels and archivolts of the arches, and the capitals are carved with Byzantine-inspired ornamental motifs, with some Muslim echoes: the execution of these decorations is remarkably clear and vigorous. The remains of another pulpit, dated 1041, in the church of S. Michele at Monte S. Angelo, are attributed to A.