a special chair (base) on which a book or sheet music can be opened during reading. Usually, L. is made of wood. There is a large L. made of marble in the courtyard of the Bibikhanim Mosque in Samarkand, and in the State Museum of the History of the Timurid Era in Tashkent. L. working traditions have been preserved in wood carving of Uzbek folk art. L.'s role today has changed, it has become a museum exposition, a souvenir sample of Uzbek folk art