Arabic Spain : sidelights on her history and art . pp. 778-9.) The Con V en to de la Luz at Moguer, Province of Huelva. While this book was in the press we discovered a building whichstrengthens our conclusion that a hitherto unrecognised Christianart existed in the south-west of Andalucia under Islam. This is thefortified convent known as the Convento de la Luz at Moguer, ^ in theheart of what was the Muwallad territory of Saltis, governed doAvn tothe invasion of the Almohades by the family of Bekr, descendants ofPrincess Sara and Omar Ibn Said al Lakhmi. The Aiabic castle, thewalls of which
Arabic Spain : sidelights on her history and art . pp. 778-9.) The Con V en to de la Luz at Moguer, Province of Huelva. While this book was in the press we discovered a building whichstrengthens our conclusion that a hitherto unrecognised Christianart existed in the south-west of Andalucia under Islam. This is thefortified convent known as the Convento de la Luz at Moguer, ^ in theheart of what was the Muwallad territory of Saltis, governed doAvn tothe invasion of the Almohades by the family of Bekr, descendants ofPrincess Sara and Omar Ibn Said al Lakhmi. The Aiabic castle, thewalls of which are still seen close to the convent, shows the importanceattached to the defence of Moguer when the Muwallads and Mozarabsruled there. Until 1911 the Convent belonged to the Order of Poor Clares(Clarices), and as long as one of them remained alive the whole placewas rigidly closed to the public. But some twelve months ago thelast of that Order died, and now the whole of the great building has 1 See illustrations facing pp. 132, 237, 381, and Fig. 13.—Convento de la Luz (No. 4). The Arabic Infirmary of thePoor Clares. 1 APPENDIX 399 been taken over by a teaching branch of the Conceptionists, ^vho offerno obstacles to its investigation by serious students. It so happenedthat we were the first foreigners to obtain admittance for the purposesof study, and a few hours within the walls sufficed to prove that wehad found one of the finest examples in existence of a Mozarabic ribat(see p. 227, note), overlooked until now alike by artists and historians. Indeed, this fortress-convent suggests the interesting questionwhether the ribat were not generally of Christian rather than Moslemorigin. La Rabida, famous in the annals of Columbus, has been sup-posed to take its name from an Almohade ribat of which one or two(horse-shoe) arches still remain. But in the course of restoration,extending over many years, a Christian fresco has recently been dis-covered beneath the Moorish work, s
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