Commentary for Bava Batra 319:1

מתני׳ <big><strong>גט</strong></big> פשוט עדיו מתוכו מקושר עדיו מאחוריו

<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. A PLAIN DEED<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], an ordinary deed or note, relating, e.g., to a debt or divorce, all the writing of which appears on one side of the document. ');">¹</span> [MUST BEAR THE SIGNATURES OF] THE WITNESSES ON ITS INSIDE; A FOLDED ONE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] or [H], lit., 'knotted', i.e., stitched. This was a special form of deed, written on alternate lines, blank lines and written lines alternating. Each written line was folded over the blank line adjacent to it, each successive two being stitched together. ');">²</span> [MUST BEAR THE SIGNATURES OF] THE WITNESSES ON THE REVERSE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Each fold must bear on its external upper side the signature of a different witness, the number of folds not to exceed the number of witnesses. ');">³</span>

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