The venerable Pere Pexau was a priest and hebdomary at Barcelona Cathedral, and lived in a house 'en la deuallada [...] l canonga [sic]' of the shoemaker Joan Vila. The post-mortem inventory of his possessions was drawn up on 21 May 1576 at the request of his executors, his mother Joanna Pexau, and the merchant Honofre Pexau (perhaps a brother).  In the main room (sala), he had a number of liturgical books: a missal ('de cubertes de cartro'), the 150 psalms of David, another saltiri, two breviaries, two Books of Hours, and a Barcelona Cathedral processional ('lo processioner de la seu de barcelona'), as well as other books commonly owned by clergymen, such as the 'Manual de confessors', the commentary of St Thomas, the epistles of St Paul, and, more unusually, the 'catalogo de tots los sants'. Other printed books (22) of different kinds ('de diuersas sorts') were lumped together, and 94 more were found in a basket ('vna canasta') and were similarly considered a 'lot'. The documents relating to his benefice were also listed. But the most interesting items were a number of music books ('llibres de cant'), some listed in groups of five or four, and so likely partbooks, at least some of which were printed: 'cinc llibres de cant ab cubertes de cartro'; 'quatre llibres de cant ab cubertes de pregami'; 'set llibres de cant de stampa y vn de ma'; 'vna sort de llibres de cant en que hi hage noranta'; and 'vna altra sort de lllibres de cant dolents'. He thus owned a considerable number of music books, which were mostly likely of polyphony; sadly, none is identified. At the public auction held by the auctioneer Joan Claramunt (corredor) begun on Friday 1 June 1576 and continued on 6 July 1576, the books (presumably including the music books) were sold to the bookseller Joan Trinxer the younger (librater) - 'tots los llibres de dit defunct en lo sobre dit inuentari designats per mitja de Pau Cetrilles corredor de orella' for the grand sum of 27ll. The size of the collection must have resulted in this relatively high price, since the bindings mentioned are basic ('de cartro') rather than de luxe. This considerable number of polyohonic books would thus have been made available on he second-hand market. Pexau's musical interests extended to owning musical instruments: two viols ('dos violas sense cordes bones'. It seems likely that these were plucked vihuelas since no bows are mentioned, although the auctioneer refers to the instruments as guitars ('dues guitarres) when they were sold at auction on 6 July to Guerau Andreu for 8s. Although Pexau's primary duties at the cathedral were not as a singer of the music chapel, he must have been an enthusiastic and able musician; he presumably acquired the music books in the bookshops of the city, or, possibly, second-hand.