Guitarra morisca

Guitarra morisca (Sp.), on the basis of illustrations in the 13th-c. Cantigas de Santa María, Sachs concluded that this was a plucked instr. similar to the E. *tanbūr, with oval body, vaulted back, numerous small soundholes in the belly, large, round pegdisc, introduced into Spain by the Moors. Other forms with lateral pegs are also met with in pictorial sources. Juan Ruiz mentioned the instr. a c. later. Also called guitarra saracenica and mentioned as such by Johannes de Grocheo ca. 1300…