Commentary for Bava Batra 325:6

רבי אבהו אמר כגון ברוך בן לוי בשיטה אחת קא סבר שיטה אחת ושני אוירין

in the lower [line].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., from below'. ');">¹⁵</span> [from this]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since mention is only made of a [H] in the upper, and a [H] in the lower line. ');">¹⁶</span> it clearly follows that he is of the opinion [that the limit is] two [written] lines and three [intervening] spaces.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One above the upper line for the letters which, like a [H], extend upwards; another below the second line for the letters which like [H], extend downwards; and a third between the two written lines for the letters that run both downwards and upwards. Should a [H] happen to come below a [H], one could easily move the letter forward or backward to avoid coalescence. ');">¹⁷</span>

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