page_title: Jost Bürgi
hierarchical_section_title: Jost Bürgi
caption_attribution_description: English: Armillary sphere with astronomical clock made by Jost Bürgi and Antonius Eisenhoit, Kassel, 1585. Constructed from bronze, steel and ebony. The sphere was looted from Prague by Swedish forces in 1648 and is currently the property of the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm. Note says: "Johannes Kepler studied the stars with the help of this armillary sphere".
context_page_description: Jost Bürgi, active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, a maker of astronomical instruments and a mathematician.
context_section_description: Jost Bürgi (also Joost, Jobst; Latinized surname Burgius or Byrgius; 28 February 1552 – 31 January 1632), active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, a maker of astronomical instruments and a mathematician.
caption: Jost Bürgi and Antonius Eisenhoit: Armillary sphere with astronomical clock, made 1585 in Kassel, now at Nordiska Museet in Stockholm
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