Deacon Berdaksi

Deacon (Sarkavag) Berdaktsi
Deacon (Sarkavag) Berdaktsi
Սարկավագ Բերդակցի
Born	unknown; Berdak
Died	unknown
Nationality	Armenian
Occupation	poet
Known for	Verse "Praise the grapes, the shot and the fun"

Deacon Berdaktsi was a 16th century Armenian verse singer.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Biographical data is missing. He was a clergyman ^[a], apparently. Deacon was named Berdaktsi after the village of Berdak, where he was born. ^[b] He is known for his unique poem "Praise to the grapes, the glass and the fun" (Yerevan, Matenadaran the name of Mesrop Mashtots handwrite N3081). The poem is dedicated to wine,^[4] where the drink is presented as a divine gift, useful for everyone (from kings to the poor and disabled). Deacon inspires life in him with a tried and subtle description of the grape. Sarkavag supports his judgments with religious arguments. For him, wine as a holy symbol and wine as a drink are equivalent, if the first one nourishes the soul, then the second one - the mind.^[1] "Praise to the grapes, the glass and the fun" poem was published already in 1892,^[5] and was translated into French in 1906.^[6] Sometimes Berdaktsi's pen is also attributed to the song "I saw the queen".

Notes

^ "sarkavag" means deacon in Armenian
^ It is not known which one of several Berdak Armenian villages' name is his place of birth.

References

^ ^a ^b Bardakjian, Kevork B. (2000). A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920: With an Introductory History. Wayne State University Press. pp. 41, 487, 714. ISBN 978-0-81432-747-0.
^ Khachatryan, Poghos. Old Armenian literature.
^ Սարկավագ Բերդակցի //Հայկական Սովետական Հանրագիտարան. Т. 10 [Sarkavag (Deacon) Berdaksi/Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Armenian). Երևան. 1984. p. 234.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Stone, Michael E. (2013). Adam and Eve in the Armenian Traditions, Fifth through Seventeenth Centuries. p. 692.
^ Kostanyants, K. (1892). Նոր ժողովածու, միջնադարյան հայոց տաղեր և ոտանաւորներ/ Հ. 1 [New Collection, Medieval Armenian Taghs and Poems] (in Armenian). Tbilisi. pp. 46–17.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Chobanyan, A. (1906). Les trouveres armeniens [Armenian finds] (in French). Paris. pp. 181–185.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

"Praise to the grapes, the glass and the fun" by Deacon Berdaktsi

[4] "sarkavag" means deacon in Armenian

[5] It is not known which one of several Berdak Armenian villages' name is his place of birth.

[:0-1] Bardakjian, Kevork B. (2000). A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920: With an Introductory History. Wayne State University Press. pp. 41, 487, 714. ISBN 978-0-81432-747-0.

[2] Khachatryan, Poghos. Old Armenian literature.

[3] Սարկավագ Բերդակցի //Հայկական Սովետական Հանրագիտարան. Т. 10 [Sarkavag (Deacon) Berdaksi/Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Armenian). Երևան. 1984. p. 234.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[6] Stone, Michael E. (2013). Adam and Eve in the Armenian Traditions, Fifth through Seventeenth Centuries. p. 692.

[7] Kostanyants, K. (1892). Նոր ժողովածու, միջնադարյան հայոց տաղեր և ոտանաւորներ/ Հ. 1 [New Collection, Medieval Armenian Taghs and Poems] (in Armenian). Tbilisi. pp. 46–17.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[8] Chobanyan, A. (1906). Les trouveres armeniens [Armenian finds] (in French). Paris. pp. 181–185.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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