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* '''Moor:''' north-western African Muslim person of mixed Berber and Arab descent. (Also a connection to Shakespeare’s ''Othello'') | * '''Moor:''' north-western African Muslim person of mixed Berber and Arab descent. (Also a connection to Shakespeare’s ''Othello'') | ||
| + | **Other references to Shakespeare’s tragedies are nearby: → [[I ate the wind]], [[cousin charmian]] | ||
* '''moor''' uncultivated expanse | * '''moor''' uncultivated expanse | ||
* '''moor ... tomb:''' Thomas Moore, Irish lyricist | * '''moor ... tomb:''' Thomas Moore, Irish lyricist | ||
Latest revision as of 23:18, 20 January 2020
- moor before the tomb: Lane-Poole: The Speeches & Table-Talk of the Prophet Mohammad (source used throughout this passage), xxiii: (of ancient Arab superstition) 'a few tied camels to the graves of the dead that the corpse might ride mounted to the judgement-seat'
- moor: a nautical term, as the camel is the “ship of the desert”
- Moor: north-western African Muslim person of mixed Berber and Arab descent. (Also a connection to Shakespeare’s Othello)
- Other references to Shakespeare’s tragedies are nearby: → I ate the wind, cousin charmian
- moor uncultivated expanse
- moor ... tomb: Thomas Moore, Irish lyricist
