A Plan of the Capela Real, Lisbon, in 1649

Authors

  • Bernardette Nelson

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57885/rpmns.154

Abstract

This article announces the discovery of a unique plan of part of the interior of the Capela Real in Lisbon dated 1649. It was found by the present author in the Biblioteca da Ajuda, bound into a volume of papers pertaining to the Portuguese royal household. The drawing, or perfil, would appear to consist of a plan for decorating the walls of the chapel interior with large areas of black velvet. Of particular interest is the information it provides for the positions of the royal tribunes at the back of the chapel as well as the area reserved for the chapel musicans which was situated at floor level, immediately below the tribunes. As yet, the origins of this particular plan are unknown.

Author Biography

Bernardette Nelson

BERNADETTE NELSON read music at the University of Oxford where she was awarded her doctorate in 1987. She is currently Research Fellow in the Department of Music at the University of Hong Kong. She has published articles on the keyboard and sacred vocal music of Spain and Portugal, as well as on the visual arts. Most recent specializations include music at the royal courts of Spain and Portugal and Franco-Flemish musical influences in the Iberian peninsula during the sixteenth century. She is also co-director of A Capella Portuguesa.

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Published

2014-12-20

How to Cite

Nelson, B. (2014). A Plan of the Capela Real, Lisbon, in 1649. Portuguese Journal of Musicology, 25–30. https://doi.org/10.57885/rpmns.154

Issue

Vol 7/8 (1997-1998)

Section

Articles (peer-reviewed)