Just as in GD29 (stylized leg) we for practical reasons must limit the amount of glyphs, by referring to those GD where it seems normal to find arms. References are therefore given to GD15, GD17, GD52, GD56, GD63, and GD72. Examples: Aa3-40, Aa2-25, Aa3-12, Aa7-30, Aa3-76 and Ab7-12:
Reference is also given to GD41, but the reason is another. It seems as if there may be some difficulty in drawing a sharp line between GD41 and GD35, e.g. as seen in Aa1-74
The long fingerlike feature in Aa1-74 maybe really are meant to show long fingers at the end of a peculiar arm, but this problem - how to define GD41 - is located by me at GD41 instead of at GD35. Analyzing the GD35 glyphs we immediately find two main categories: glyphs with thumb and glyphs without thumb (and with the fingers pointing towards the mouth - or at left), e.g. Ab4-35, Ab6-56, Ab5-62, Ab5-74, Ab6-6:
respectively Aa8-43:
Most of the glyphs without thumb and fingers pointing towards the mouth are found not classified as GD35 but at one of the GD to which references given, e.g. Aa1-71 (GD15), Aa1-58 (GD17) and Ab6-24 (GD52):
Exceptionally it does happen that the thumbless hand is oriented the opposite direction, e.g. in Ab4-12 (GD52) and Ab8-28:
A composition with thumbless hand at left with another hand at right does occur somewhat more often, e.g. in Aa2-31, Aa3-16 (GD15) and Ab8-50 (GD56):
The hand with thumb has a wide range of orientations, not only the usual right and away from the central figure, but also upwards, e.g. Aa2-73, Aa3-40 and Aa7-75:
The thumb may also be turned inwards, e.g. Aa1-86, with the hand more or less also oriented inwards, e.g. Ab6-38 and Aa1-48:
The thumb may be converted into a 'nut' (or similar), Aa3-64 and Aa6-27:
It also happens that the other fingers are transformed, e.g. in Ab8-83 and Ab8-30
That the non-attached finger in Ab8-83 is not a 'misprint' becomes clear after having seen a similar phenomenon in Bb6-9 (see the toes):
The thumb may point more or less straight forward, for instance in Aa5-30 and Ab2-3:
The arm may be downwards oriented, e.g. Aa2-69, Aa5-77 and Ab6-40:
Perhaps the above covers the main variations. Though, of course the arm may also show diverse special characteristics. In addition to what has been seen above, it may also be swollen, e.g. as in Ab2-48 and Ab8-73:
As to combinations with other GD we have examples like Aa2-81, Aa3-3, Aa8-14, Aa8-30, Ab4-8 and (probably) the left part of Ab8-67:
GD73 often has arm and hand. Instead of referring by a hyperlink to that GD I have, however, chosen to list such glyphs also under GD35, e.g. A2-13:
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