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 Malachi (Vulgate)
Thomas Aquinas's attested relationship to Malachi (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-23582-2048-2074): 'Malach' unambiguous book abbreviation in the cessation-of-rites argument; chapter outside window; Vulgate read directly