Daniel Varney Thompson (1902–1980) made the still-definitive English translation of Cennino D'Andrea Cennini

Cennino D'Andrea Cennini

Cennino d'Andrea Cennini was an Italian painter influenced by Giotto. He was a student of Agnolo Gaddi. Gaddi trained under his father, called Taddeo Gaddi, who trained with Giotto. Cennini was born in Colle Val d'Elsa, Tuscany....

's Il libro dell'arte. He worked from the original Italian sources, along with earlier translations. Key to his translation work was replicating much of Cennini's craft instructions himself and with his students. Thompson was the brother of noted American composer Randall Thompson

Randall Thompson

Randall Thompson was an American composer, particularly noted for his choral works.-Career:He attended Harvard University, became assistant professor of music and choir director at Wellesley College, and received a doctorate in music from the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music...

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Publications

Thompson's overview of his subject is his The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting (reprint Dover, 1956).
For a bibliography of 18 publications by Thompson on the subject of mediaeval and renaissance artists' recipe books see Clarke, M The Art of All Colours London: Archetype, 2001 pp. 148–9.