Mazarine blue

Mazarine blue
Mazarine Maz`a*rine", a. Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661. [1913 Webster]

{Mazarine Bible}, the first Bible, and perhaps the first complete book, printed with movable metal types; -- printed by Gutenberg at Mentz, 1450-55; -- so called because a copy was found in the Mazarine Library, at Paris, about 1760.

{Mazarine blue}, a deep blue color, named in honor of Cardinal Mazarin. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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