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[Jorge_Stolfi]

I have never heard of split parchment, nor have I ever seen it.
I would imagine that this is a translation error.
In the case of scrolls, I could imagine that the adhesive joints of the individual sheets were cut at the adhesive joint and inserted into each other to achieve greater stability.
Otherwise, I can't think of anything else.

This is one of my sources: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.  Search for "split"

(Here is a better-formatted version, but of only one chapter: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. )

Here is another source: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.  This one seems to imply that split parchment is as thin as unsplit deer skin, so the two can be mixed when creating a Torah scroll; whereas split and unsplit parchment cannot be mixed.

There is also this article You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. but I cannot access it from home.

All the best, --stolfi