“‘The National Museum of Bahrain is hosting an exhibition consisting of masterpieces from the Arts of the Book and Calligraphy Collection and the Painting Collection of the Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. The exhibition called ‘Five Hundred Years of Islamic Calligraphy’, comprising of valuable manuscripts, samples of Islam calligraphy and binding, documents of diplomacy and imperial orders starting with the Sultan’s monogram and materials used by calligraphers will be open between 19 January and 13 April 2014. The exhibition consists of 86 works, oil paintings depicting calligraphy as well as works of the arts of books between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries. Special programs prepared by the education department of SSM and documentaries on the art of calligraphy will be available to the visitors during the exhibition.” (sakipsabancimuzesi.org)

• Construction management and coordination

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