| Witnesses describe the sumptuousness of the hymns sung from matins onwards in the brand new nave, under the aegis of the dynamic Germain. |
| The chimes were ringing to matins and the devout were entering to the early mass. |
| The friars inhabited the cloister, sang the matins, fasted and prayed within the walls and lived their lives in Banada six centuries ago. |
| Morning prayer, known as matins, and evening prayer, known as vespers or evensong, are most common. |
| Two of the pieces we will chant are pulieli which are sung within the matins, with each verse followed by Alleluia. |
| Birds were chanting matins as if all the jubilance of their short lives must be poured out at once. |
