1. Introduction 2. Officers and Trustees 3. Grants List 4. The Selmec Library 5. The Selmec Library Catalogue 6. The Sárospatak Library 7. The Subotica and Kalocsa Libraries 8. Winners of the Corvina Prize Introduction The Corvina Foundation is a small philanthropic foundation headquartered in Princeton, NJ. In late 2008, it distributed all its assets to various Hungarian grantees and stopped operating. The Foundation nevertheless maintains this web page. Its name is derived from King Mathias of Hungary (14
His gold seal is pictured below.
Curiously, the library stood at approximately the same place in the Buda part of Budapest where the National Széchényi Library stands today. After his death, the library was dispersed, but the books, many of which survive in excellent condition, are referred to as the "Corvinas."