Xenographia Universalis
The Xenographia Universalis is a Xenology text, that was written by Cynus Wolfenbüttel and it is considered to be his magnum opus.[1]
In many ways, the Xenographia still sets the standard by which other Xenological works must be measured by. However it was labeled a heretical text by the Imperium for many years, due to some of Cynus' more eccentric ideas. Among them, was that his research had led him to believe that Mankind had been created by a long-extinct Xenos species. Because Cynus had done such great work in his field of Xenology, the High Lords of Terra gave him several chances to recant his views. He was also ordered to edit the Xenographia and remove his theory from its pages. Cynus refused to do either, however, and was sentenced to death as a result. He later vanished several days before his execution was to be carried out and the matter was dropped. Sometime after his disappearance, the Xenographia Universalis was edited to remove Cynus' heretical ideas from its pages.[1]
Sources
- 1: Liber Xenologis, pgs. 136-137 - A Brief History of Xenology
