Ioannicios Katranos. Τὸ παρὸν βιβλίον εἶναι ἡ παλαιά τε καὶ νέα διαθίκη ἤτοι τὸ ἄνθος καὶ ἀναγγαῖον αὐτῆς..., Ἔτι δὲ πάνυ ὠφέλιμον καὶ ἀναγγαῖον πρὸς πᾶσα Χριστιανόν..., Venice, in

Ioannicios Katranos. Τὸ παρὸν βιβλίον εἶναι ἡ παλαιά τε καὶ νέα διαθίκη ἤτοι τὸ ἄνθος καὶ ἀναγγαῖον αὐτῆς..., Ἔτι δὲ πάνυ ὠφέλιμον καὶ ἀναγγαῖον πρὸς πᾶσα Χριστιανόν..., Venice, in aedibus Bartholomaei Zannetti Casterzagensis, November 1536.

First edition of the Paleas te ke Neas Diathekes, followed by a further four editions in the 16th century (circa 1539/40; 1549; 1556; 1567). It is the work of the Corfiot Ioannicios Kartanos, who worked in his birthplace and in Venice, where he found his way to the printing press. It is a selective popularized paraphrase of the Bible, with the object of being read by broader strata and becoming comprehensible also for uneducated Greek-speakers. It was modelled on the Italian equivalent Fioretto di tutta la Biblia hystoriato (Venice, 1521) as well as other Greek sources.