I have been adviced to post my notes on chapters, for readers might enjoy them too. A wonderful idea, so here they are.
Wikipedia is, even if we must check its contents, a wonderful source of information. But for my fanfic, I decided to treat the information found there as genuine and true, which made life a lot easier. And if you feel something might be a reference in my story, but you can't find it in these notes, wikipedia it...
Chapter 1
Giedraičiai / Giedraičiai Castle ... built in 1410 / 1809 ... Juozapas ... had the Castle rebuilt in Classicism style ... his heart was immured
Wikipedia: Giedraičiai; authentic details for my 'Lecter' Castle
the coat of arms of the Sforza of Milan
Wikipedia: House_of_Visconti; the coat of arms depicts a serpent swallowing a man.
A small painting of Venice. Guardi's "View of Santa Maria della Salute", both Bernardo Bellotto's and Canaletto's "The bridge of sighs"
Some art, following Hannibal Rising. Why invent something new when it is not needed?
Chapter 2
dark winter day / better unborn
Visit the website from the band Amorphis (.net), and look for lyrics. 'Couleur locale' from a few miles away.
Laimas māte /her grandmother Ragana / a Kauka / Grass Snake
Wikipedia: List_of_Lithuanian_gods; some true couleur locale.
one of the most famous generals to attack Rome [...] Hannibal
Wikipedia: Hannibal; the first link to Rome in my story. Hannibal will visit Rome at the end of this fanfiction.
Chapter 3
The government has accepted the ultimatum
Wikipedia: History_of_Lithuania#First_Soviet_occupation; an explanation of Count Lecter's nationalism.
There's always a choice
First mention of free will.
the Soviet-Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty / Soviet occupation of Lithuania
Wikipedia: Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states; more information about Lecter's nationalism.
Chapter 4
pinto-colored Akita
Wikipedia: Akita_Inu; first link to Dr. Lecters upcoming migration to America, since a pinto-colored Akita is considered an American Akita.
On the side-table a penknife
First of many mentions of (pen)knives as a hobby of Dr. Lecter.
Suetonius' 'De vita Caesarum', chapter Tiberius Nero Caesar
Visit Gutenberg website (.org); this text used as an introduction to Hannibal's flashback.
First he saw / Something he felt / Hannibal heard someone outside
Display of Hannibal's extraordinary senses.
House of Worth
Wikipedia: House_of_worth; fashion as a part of the Lecter family.
seaweeds that can be eaten / China and Japan consume / nori, aonori, sushi, okonomiyaki
Wikipedia: Nori; introduction to Japanese food.
Hannibal [...] caught a sun flare off the water. It left Hannibal seeing spots for minutes.
See Hannibal, chapter 53; where this happens to Hannibal too.
Chapter 5
The burning log filled the room with its deep toned perfume.
See Hannibal, chapter 101; there, a log burns too.
Bach - Sarabande con Partite in C major, BWV 990
Wikipedia: List_of_compositions_by_Johann_Sebastian_Bach; a reference to composer Jean-Baptiste de Lully. See chapter 9.
Scarlatti - Piano sonata in G, K. 108
See Hannibal, chapter 33; even if it is another Scarlatti, it's simply a piece suitable for the occasion.
He smells her soap, it scents of almonds.
See Hannibal, chapter 35; Clarice's almonds.
Chapter 6
Licorne
French for unicorn, a reference to some upcoming art when Hannibal is in Paris.
Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis
Wikiquote; quite appropriate for the occasion, is it not?
tête de poupée
Wikipedia: Doll's_head_clock; a fancy and expensive kind of clock.
Cerberus
Wikipedia: Cerberus; a reference to Hades, Dante's Divina Commedia (Third Circle of Hell), and who knows what else.
Chapter 7
He looked around / he could feel / He smelled / He could hear
And again, Hannibal's well developed senses.
I think not
See Hannibal, chapter 19; Sogliato's words. No specific meaning, just a pleasant ring to the words.
a Frankenstein monster
Wikipedia: Frankenstein; since the lodge has been constructed in several parts.
Chapter 8
My family name is Sforza.
Wikipedia: Sforza; from the Hannibal-trilogy canon.
But our lineage can be traced back to the Visconti family.
Wikipedia: House_of_Visconti; simply more family history.
Ludovico il Moro took Leonardo da Vinci at his service / Galleazzo Maria Sforza
Wikipedia: Leonardo_da_Vinci; the bond between family and art, and Leonardo had a vision as a child, concerning a bird.
Caterina Sforza
Wikipedia: Caterina_Sforza; a very intriguing person.
Kalevala, the epic poem of Finland, translated by A. Sabaliauskas
Wikipedia: Kalevala; couleur locale from a few miles away. Band Amorphis uses the Kalevala as an inspiration for their songs. The translation is, of course, into Lithuanian.
illustrations by A. Gallen-Kallela / Youkahainen's Revenge
Wikipedia: Akseli_Gallen-Kallela; whose paintings for the Kalevala are quite impressive.
He prepares a cruel cross-bow
See Hannibal, chapter 55; where we meet this nice fellow named Donny Barber.
Chapter 9
The harpsichord they had found at the lodge
Hannibal likes harpsichords. This is his first meeting with one.
Jean-Baptiste de Lully / Un tendre coeur / J'ai perdu l'appétit
Wikipedia: Jean-Baptiste_Lully; a composer from Florence, Italy, who emigrated to France. Both countries will be visited by Hannibal in my story.
Nurse had placed the cistern in the middle of the garden...
See Hannibal, chapter 53; the bathtub scene.
Chapter 10
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Lieder ohne Worte, Book 1,movement 3
Wikipedia: Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy ; a German and Jew (like Mr. Jakov) composer, child prodigy (like Hannibal might be considered), later turned Lutheran (Clarice). Movement three is the Hunting song.
Carl Gauss
Wikipedia: Gauss; child prodigy. Two of his sons migrated to the United States.
Der Struwwelpeter
Wikipedia: Struwwelpeter; no kidding: this book was one of the books my father learned how to read from.
Chapter 11
Hannibal knotted the rope into a hackamore
See Silence of the Lambs, chapter 35; Clarice used a rope hackamore to ride Hannah.
Estate di San Martino
Wikipedia: Indian_summer; Italian name for an Indian summer.
Spring joys, autumn boons
Wikipedia: The_Seasons_(poem); a Lithuanian poem, masterpiece in Lithuanian literature.
Dante tells us that the greatest gift, that God in His kindness, gave in the creation was the freedom of will.
Second mention of free will. And this one is of course a quote from Dante's Commedia.
When establishing a covenant, this treasure is sacrificed.
Another quote from Dante's Commedia.
Chapter 12
Euclid
Wikipedia: Euclid; his Elements is, after 23 centuries, still the basis of mathematics.
The tip of his tongue
See Hannibal, chapter 53; Hannibal's tongue appears to life a life of its own.
Karlheinz Klopweisser
Wikipedia: Glenn_gould; look for Gould's alter egos.
Chapter 13
Caius Julius Caesar. "De Bello Gallico", book 6, chapter 16.
Visit ; introduction for later use of Julius Caesar's mentioning of a 'Wicker man'.
There is only now. There is no tomorrow because tomorrow is the excuse.
From John Le Carré's 'The Russia House'. Reason why we should act now, and not keep from acting because of what tomorrow might bring.
Hesiod's Theogony
Wikipedia: Saturn_(mythology); Adam's (chapter 15) sign is Saturn; which shows in the use of lead, the date of Saturnalia (in the finale of Anniba), cannibalism.
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
Wikipedia: Marcus_Aurelius ; he wrote this book for his own guidance and self-improvement. See also Silence of the Lambs, chapter 35.
Chapter 14
Monet's 'Rue Montorgueil' and 'Poppies blooming'
Wikipedia: Monet; wonderful paintings, back then on display in Paris, at Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, now at Musée d'Orsay. The Rue will return in chapter 22.
Degas' 'At the races'
Wikipedia: Degas; mentioning his and Monet's paintings is a reference to Hannibal's living in Paris later.
"I'll carry you!" / "Like a baby?"
A personal note: my child (3 ½ years old when I wrote this), likes this very much.
Chapter 15
Adam Werth / Joe / Junka
Wikipedia: Adam_Worth; I used his name to show the 'nemesis' side of this character. Note his assistants in the case of the stolen painting Georgiana.
Paul Lutus
Can be written as P. Lutus. And Plutus is the god of wealth.
'Forced March' pills
Wikipedia: Cocaine; these pills boost one's performance.
Chapter 16
sherpa
Wikipedia: Sherpa; an ethnic group from Nepal, often hired as climbing assistants.
Chapter 17
He saw the man shoot Licorne in the head.
See Silence of the Lambs, chapter 25; a reference to Clarice's slaughter-horses.
the story of Eglė
Wikipedia: Egle; a Lithuanian folk tale about the Queen of the Grass Snakes. A link to Hannibal Rising.
He prayed fervently he wanted to see Mischa again
See Hannibal, chapter 48; God does hear our prayers, but He is free to answer them as He pleases in His sovereignty. And that is quite difficult for us to accept...
Chapter 18
as he had asked God fervently in his prayers / He had lost his sister and his faith.
As we see here, Hannibal cannot accept God's sovereignty.
Hannibal could see a woman at the control wheel (of the) Petlyakov Pe-2
Wikipedia: Petlyakov_Pe-2; a Russian fighter. Quite funny is the part about this plane taking off with female pilots.
Chapter 19
a beautiful evil
Wikipedia: Pandora; who, out of curiosity, opened a jar(!), thus releasing all evil.
to move his belongings from the Castle to a new one
This is why Hannibal's Memory Castle is different from the one we read about in Hannibal.
Chapter 20
One grey pigeon
Pigeons will forever signify Clarice.
the clock and the boar's head
In my fanfic, truly everything from his childhood is gone. There's no reason to stay.
A thin cry escaped him first
See Hannibal, chapter 48; where a thin cry escaped him too.