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2 unusual facts about ''caput''


Caput

The French language converted caput into chief, chef, and chapitre, later borrowed in English as chapter.

William of Bellême

With the consent of Richard I, Duke of Normandy William had constructed two castles, one at Alençon and the other at Domfront, while the caput of Yves' lordship was the castle of Bellême, constructed "a quarter of a league from the old dungeon of Bellême" in Maine.


Caput Draconis

The phrase caput draconis means "dragon's head" or "head of the dragon" in Latin.

Cryptantha crinita

Introduced species of plants in the area are also a threat, including red brome (Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens), yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis), and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae).

Henrik Bernard Oldenland

After his death, Oldenland's collection was seen and admired by many visitors to the Cape, the first to mention it being Peter Kolbe who stayed at the Cape between 1705 to 1713 and published an account of this period in 1719 in Nuremberg entitled Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum.

Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick

He was given by his father the modest lordship of Le Neubourg, in central Normandy, 12 km NE of his father's caput of Beaumont-le-Roger on the River Risle.

Long Crendon

"Crendon" was the caput of the feudal honour held by Walter Giffard (died 1102), created Earl of Buckingham by William the Conqueror.

Manor of Loxhore

The earliest positively identifiable descendant of the Domesday tenant Robert de Beaumont was the 13th-century Sir Richard Beaumont, whose family had long been seated at the capital estate of Youlston within their adjacent manor of Shirwell.

Peter de Valognes

Although Peter de Valognes made his caput in Benington in Hertfordshire, his most valuable lands were in Norfolk, the latter being a later grant at the forfeiture of Ralph de Guader after the revolt of the Earls in 1075.

Roger de Beaumont

His Norman feudal lordship had its caput and castle at Beaumont-le-Roger, a settlement situated on the upper reaches of the River Risle, in Normandy, about 46 km SW of Rouen, the capital of the Duchy.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara

The first bishop of Sigüenza, after it had been repeopled, was Bernardo, a native of Agen in France, who had been "capisol" (caput schola, Latin for school head(master)) of Toledo; he rebuilt the church and consecrated it on the Feast of St. Stephen, 1123, and placed in it a chapter of canons regular; he died Bishop-elect of Santiago.

Þursaflokkurinn

In addition there is a tour going through Iceland since early 2008 with the small orchestra Capút; a live CD/DVD has been issued in late November 2008 with the title Hinn íslenski Þursaflokkur og Caput.


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