Provener

First Appearance and Context

Provener comes into focus during a visitor’s request to observe the hour; placement was arranged by the Ita and device use was restricted by the Discipline. In another account from within the Mynster’s upper works, the observance’s music and the motion of the clock chain were audible and visible across the complex. Later, the hour marked a day when a reunited clock‑winding team hurried to perform their duty and then broke to the midday meal.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Clock and bells: The great clock sounds Provener; around this time a small team winds the mechanism by hand. Bell‑ringers may perform organized changes in the same period.
• Rotating duty: Winding duty rotates among small teams; for a given team, assignments can be infrequent, and members may head straight to the Mynster when the hour sounds.
• Visitor access: During Apert, visitors may be permitted to observe under supervision; practical arrangements are handled by the Ita and are subject to the Discipline’s device limits.
• Oversight: The Warden Regulant enforces conduct and device restrictions around the hour; the Warden Fendant may address outward‑facing matters immediately after when needed.

Relationships

• Setting: Held within the Mynster’s chancel, with observers—when admitted—kept to the nave side of the screen.
• Offices involved: Wardens oversee Discipline and outward security; the Ita coordinate practical logistics.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Daily anchor: Morning lectures and problem work frequently run “until Provener,” which marks the transition to the midday meal. On winding days, teams commonly proceed directly from the Mynster to eat together.
• Social visibility: The observance is commonly attended by suurs, fraas, and staff, creating a shared moment when faces and demeanors are plainly seen across the community.
• Regularity and teamwork: The winding is done by a small team pushing and heaving the mechanism together, and bell changes around the hour demand close attention from ringers.

Current Status/Location

Active and recurring within the Mynster. It remains a daily time marker that structures clock winding and the late‑morning transition to the midday meal; wardens may address matters immediately following the observance when needed.