Dictionary entry

Mazarine

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Maz′a‐rine″ (?), a. Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661.

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.