Positive reconstruction · reader-scoped, not an inferred-absence lacuna
This reconstruction covers the readable fraction of Thomas Aquinas's formation -- attested reading and writing only, not the whole of a life.
Thomas Aquinas and Ecclesiastes (Vulgate)
Thomas Aquinas's attested relationship to Ecclesiastes (Vulgate).
Thomas Aquinas is attested as having read this work by Vulgate (Latin Bible tradition).
Evidence ledger
- Citation-derived from Aquinas's own ingested Latin text (pattern=aquinas-citation-23078-2738-2757): scriptural citation (book abbreviation after speaker): 'Eccle' + chapter/verse locator resolves to Ecclesiastes (Vulgate); Vulgate read directly; cited in an objection (scholastic harmonization expected, not contest)