text: The iconography of the tympanum and archivolts of the late 13th-century portal of Strasbourg Cathedral was inspired by Alberts writings. Albert is frequently mentioned by Dante, who made his doctrine of free will the basis of his ethical system. In his Divine Comedy, Dante places Albertus with his pupil Thomas Aquinas among the great lovers of wisdom (Spiriti Sapienti') in the Heaven of the Sun.
  In The Concept of Anxiety, Søren Kierkegaard wrote that Albert, "arrogantly boasted of his speculation before the deity and suddenly became stupid." Kierkegaard cites Gotthard Oswald Marbach whom he quotes as saying "Albertus repente ex asino factus philosophus et ex philosopho asinus" [Albert was suddenly transformed from an ass into a philosopher and from a philosopher into an ass].
  In Mary Shelleys Frankenstein', the titular Frankenstein studies the works of Albertus Magnus.
  Johann Eduard Erdmann considers Albert greater and more original than his pupil Aquinas.
  In Open All Hours, Arkwright invents St Albert's day so Grandville can check customers pockets.