Day Gate

Overview

The Day Gate is the north-facing, clock-coupled portal of the Concent of Saunt Edhar (mathic monastery), entering the Mynster (clock-and-ritual complex)'s north nave. Just inside the threshold is a narthex beneath the Great Orrery (celestial model); outside, a plaza and straight causeway cross a pond toward the burgers' town. The gate is used for controlled ingress during openings and for organized departures under orders.

Notable Features

• Clock-coupled mechanism that follows the great clock's day-night rhythm; by order, it can be opened outside the usual schedule.
• Narthex immediately inside the gate provides space to marshal small groups beneath the orrery.
• Pond with twin fountains and a straight causeway forming a direct approach from the town.

Associations

• Member of the timed portal family alongside the Year Gate and Decade Gate. Accounts of openings describe water routed from the pond outside the Day Gate to power the interval gates' mechanisms.
• Market outside the gate: recordings of the concent's music are sold there alongside honey and mead produced by the concent.

Use beyond Edhar

• At Tredegarh, the Day Gate is described as a very lofty entrance. An inlaid red-stone road, wide enough for two vehicles abreast, leads inward and guides patients and visitors toward the Physicians' Commons (medical complex).
• During Inbrase (formal induction to a Convox) (great convocation), peregrins (temporary emissaries) are directed to approach the Mynster from the Day Gate side via the visitors' nave, after which they proceed into mathic areas (avout domain).

Recent Activity

• During a large, solemn calling, departures were staged here in staggered groups after instructions were given in the narthex.
• Mentioned as the gate through which Estemard departed when he left the math.
• During a rapid evacuation of the Concent of Saunt Tredegarh, sections of the outer wall were deliberately taken down to create additional exits so evacuees would not bunch up at the Day Gate.

Status / Access

Active and in regular use as the concent's principal day-facing portal. It normally opens and closes with the clock; outside this cadence, access may be authorized by order.