A moorish relic?

Question

I'm writing a biography of Andres Segovia in my information it says something like "a moorish relic" any1 by any chance kno what this means??

Answer 1

What's the context?

The Moors (Northern Africans, Muslims) were in Spain for several centuries in the Middle Ages; a relic from them could be a building, knowledge, culture, etc.

Here's some information:

http://www.xmission.com/~dderhak/index/m...

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0...

Answer 2

it just means an old English artifact, that is all.