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The Castellani family made their first micromosaic jewellery using Christian subjects in the mid 1850s.  Judy Rudoe notes that micromosaics depicting the Christ from San Clemente occur regularly in the Castellani archives.  ","physicalDescription":"Gold pendant with micromosaic Christ Pantokrator and micromosaic geometric border composed of blue and red triangles on a white ground on the obverse, and on the reverse a gold cross with terminals of fleurs-de-lys within a quatrefoil gold frame and circular bands of gold and blue enamel.  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'Micromosaics and  their sources.' In: Soros, Susan  Weber and Walker, Stefanie, eds,  <i>Castellani and Italian  Archaeological Jewelry</i>. New  Haven and London: published for  the Bard Graduate Center for  Studies in the Decorative Arts,  Design and Culture, New York, by Yale University Press.  Pages 171-2; fig. 6-32.  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