Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Fiscella

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

FISCEL'LA. Diminutive of FISCINA. A small basket made of wicker work or rushes, of common use in gardening, farming, and dairy operations; particularly to hold a sort of cheese made with curdled cream (Tibull. ii. 3. 15.), called ricotta by the modern Italians; one of which is represented in the cut (Fiscella/1.1), with the cheese in it, from an original, as it was found at Pompeii.

2. (φιμός). A small basket put over the noses of oxen, as a muzzle, to prevent them from cropping the young shoots of the vines when ploughing (Cato, R. R. 54. 5. Plin. H. N. xviii. 49. § 2.); and of other animals of a vicious nature to prevent their biting, as shown by the annexed engraving (Fiscella/2.1), from the Theodosian Column. Ginzrot, 85. 3.

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  Fiscella/1.1
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  Fiscella/2.1