Capon Capon A capon (from ) is a cockerel (rooster) that has been castrated to improve the quality of its flesh for food and, in some countries like Spain, fattened by forced feeding. In the United Kingdom, birds sold as capons are chemically or physically castrated cocks. The origins of caponised chickens are contested. They were known in ancient China as well as in ancient Greece and ancient Rome. An early record of caponisation is found under the Roman Republic: the Lex Faunia of 162 BC forbade fattening hens to conserve grain rations, so the Romans instead castrated roosters, which resulted
S Uciredor S Uciredor Rodericus (or S Uciredor) was a French composer of the 14th century. Nothing is known of Rodericus's life, although it has been suggested that he is Rodrigo de la Guitarra, since Rodrigo is the only known contemporaneous musician with the same name. He is known through a single ballade attributed to him in the Chantilly Codex as S Uciredor, which is "Rodericus" spelled backwards. The piece, "Angelorum Psalat", is in two voices and is an exemplary work of the Ars subtilior style, similar to that of Jacob Senleches. "Angelorum Psalat" exhibits considerable rhythmic complexity and its text employs