Creating engraved woodcuts allowed artists to:

There's actually two things this means. The artist gets a flat piece of fine grained wood of whatever size they want, and then cuts a design or pattern into the surface, keeping the surface flat. This is then used as a block which is inked and paper is pressed against it, creating a print. So the meaning can be either the block itself or the print made from it.

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create serveral prints/ copys

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