enthusiastic and comely

 I did enjoy the new series on BBC4 tonight about illuminated medieval manuscripts and what they might tell us about the 'private lives of medieval monarchs'.  The presenter, Dr Janina Ramirez, was both enthusiastic and comely, and refreshingly down-to-earth and giggly but in a good way.  The sort of person you would enjoy chatting to about the ins and outs of medieval history over a pint or two after work.   I did wonder sometimes about her rather sweeping generalisations and the validity of some of the historical analysis, but overall it was still very entertaining  to watch and I enjoyed being in her company for an hour.  The stars throughout of course were the illuminated manuscripts themselves and the wonderful work of the largely unknown artists and scribes. Truly these are great works of art and it is a shame that they should be locked away out of sight from the very public who pay for their upkeep.