Sylvanus Morgan 1620-1693
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Sylvanus MORGAN 1620-93
Biographical Note
Arms-painter and heraldic author.
Books
Library auctioned in London, 5.4.1693; many of his manuscripts, which remained in his family, were auctioned 3.12.1759. His notebooks in Cambridge University Library (MS Dd V178) include two lists of his books made in 1646 and 1653, running to ca.100 titles.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- Cust, L. H., and Colin Lee. "Morgan, Sylvanus (1620–1693), arms painter and author." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.