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Meaning of Xylograph | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈzaɪ.ləʊ.ɡɹɑːf

Definitions

  1. An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.).
  2. A print taken from such an engraving.

Equivalents

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Examples

“First he collected a number of witnesses, including many old prints of the Guhyasamāja Tantra itself and old xylograph prints of the Pradipodyotana from the monasteries of Drepung, Tashilhunpo, Riwo Dangchen, and Nartang.”
“While Walter Gropius had had a reproduction of a xylograph from Lyonel Feininger reproduced on the Bauhaus movement's founding manifesto in 1919 – a symbolic image of a gothic cathedral that was comparatively traditional in both form […]”
“The restoration process brought to light a sarira box containing an artifact that rewrote that history: the oldest xylograph in the world, reproduced in ink from woodblocks with characters carved in relief, was found inside the box from the second […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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