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[[Kathryn Janeway]] was reading a translation of that book in [[2375]] while helping [[The Doctor]] cope with an ethical conflict. ({{VOY|Latent Image}})
 
[[Kathryn Janeway]] was reading a translation of that book in [[2375]] while helping [[The Doctor]] cope with an ethical conflict. ({{VOY|Latent Image}})
   
== Background ==
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== Background information ==
The quotation that Janeway reads at the end of "Latent Image" is paraphrased from Dante's ''La Vita Nuova''. Janeway reads: <br />
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The quotation that the Doctor reads at the end of "Latent Image" is paraphrased from Dante's ''La Vita Nuova''. The Doctor reads: <br />
   
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<blockquote>
"''In that book which is my memory, <br />
 
''On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you'', <br />
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"''In that book which is my memory,''<br />
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''On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you,''<br />
''Appear the words, 'Here begins a new life'.''"
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''Appear the words, 'Here begins a new life'.''"</blockquote>
   
 
The original Italian is more literally translated by D.G. Rossetti in 1861:
 
The original Italian is more literally translated by D.G. Rossetti in 1861:
   
"''In that part of the book of my memory, <br />''
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<blockquote>"''In that part of the book of my memory,''<br />
''Before which is little that can be read'', <br />
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''Before which is little that can be read,''<br />
''There is a rubric, saying, 'Incipit Vita Nova'.'' (Here beginneth the new life.)''"
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''There is a rubric, saying, 'Incipit Vita Nova'.'' (Here beginneth the new life.)''"</blockquote>
   
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==

Revision as of 15:19, 24 October 2015

La Vita Nuova ("The New Life") is a literary piece written in a prosimetrum style, alternating between prose and poetry, by Dante in 1295. It is the story of the life-changing love of Dante for a young woman named Beatrice Portinari; a character who also figured prominently in his Divine Comedy.

Kathryn Janeway was reading a translation of that book in 2375 while helping The Doctor cope with an ethical conflict. (VOY: "Latent Image")

Background information

The quotation that the Doctor reads at the end of "Latent Image" is paraphrased from Dante's La Vita Nuova. The Doctor reads:

"In that book which is my memory,
On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you,

Appear the words, 'Here begins a new life'."

The original Italian is more literally translated by D.G. Rossetti in 1861:

"In that part of the book of my memory,

Before which is little that can be read,

There is a rubric, saying, 'Incipit Vita Nova'. (Here beginneth the new life.)"

External links