albericus

Updated: April 30, 2025

In Bologna is an interesting crucifix probably carved in the eighth or ninth century. Christ's figure is upon the cross and that of his mother stands near. The sculptor was Petrus Albericus. On the cross is an inscription in the form of a dialogue: "My son?" "What, Mother?" "Are you God?" "I am." "Why do you hang on the cross?" "That Mankind may not perish."

Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison - Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages: A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance

"Suddenly, in the words of Albericus, there burst overhead a noise like the roaring of 'enormous artificial golden lions, that was the drum: less, in this instance, like smitten parchment than the crackling roll of clouds that embrace in thunder. The noise amazed himself, yet Rodomant exulted in it, his audacity expanded with it, broke down the last barrier of reason.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862