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 Kings (Vulgate, Regum)
Thomas Aquinas's attested relationship to Kings (Vulgate, Regum).
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-22952-1450-1470): scriptural citation (book abbreviation): 'Reg' + chapter/verse locator resolves to Kings (Vulgate, Regum); Vulgate read directly; cited in an ad-reply (qualified/reinterpreted)