diff --git a/crates/nuwiki-core/src/syntax/vimwiki/parser.rs b/crates/nuwiki-core/src/syntax/vimwiki/parser.rs
index a38b0da..e9d2176 100644
--- a/crates/nuwiki-core/src/syntax/vimwiki/parser.rs
+++ b/crates/nuwiki-core/src/syntax/vimwiki/parser.rs
@@ -1183,27 +1183,14 @@ fn parse_transclusion(toks: &[VimwikiToken], open_idx: usize) -> (InlineNode, us
         for window in seps.windows(2) {
             let s = window[0];
             let e = window[1];
-            // attr segment is at [s+1..e]; format key=val
             let segment = collect_text(&toks[s + 1..e]);
-            if let Some(eq) = segment.find('=') {
-                let k = segment[..eq].trim().to_owned();
-                let v = segment[eq + 1..].trim().to_owned();
-                if !k.is_empty() {
-                    attrs.insert(k, v);
-                }
-            }
+            insert_attr(&segment, &mut attrs);
         }
         // Last attribute segment between final sep and close.
         if let Some(&last) = seps.last() {
             if last + 1 < close_idx && seps.len() >= 2 {
                 let segment = collect_text(&toks[last + 1..close_idx]);
-                if let Some(eq) = segment.find('=') {
-                    let k = segment[..eq].trim().to_owned();
-                    let v = segment[eq + 1..].trim().to_owned();
-                    if !k.is_empty() {
-                        attrs.insert(k, v);
-                    }
-                }
+                insert_attr(&segment, &mut attrs);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1219,6 +1206,30 @@ fn parse_transclusion(toks: &[VimwikiToken], open_idx: usize) -> (InlineNode, us
     )
 }
 
+/// Split a `key=value` attribute segment, strip surrounding quotes from
+/// the value, and insert into `attrs`. Empty keys are skipped.
+fn insert_attr(segment: &str, attrs: &mut std::collections::HashMap<String, String>) {
+    let Some(eq) = segment.find('=') else { return };
+    let k = segment[..eq].trim().to_owned();
+    if k.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let raw = segment[eq + 1..].trim();
+    let v = strip_quotes(raw).to_owned();
+    attrs.insert(k, v);
+}
+
+fn strip_quotes(s: &str) -> &str {
+    let b = s.as_bytes();
+    if b.len() >= 2
+        && ((b[0] == b'"' && b[b.len() - 1] == b'"') || (b[0] == b'\'' && b[b.len() - 1] == b'\''))
+    {
+        &s[1..s.len() - 1]
+    } else {
+        s
+    }
+}
+
 fn collect_text(toks: &[VimwikiToken]) -> String {
     let mut out = String::new();
     for t in toks {
diff --git a/crates/nuwiki-core/tests/transclusion_attrs.rs b/crates/nuwiki-core/tests/transclusion_attrs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fb51de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nuwiki-core/tests/transclusion_attrs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+//! Cluster 8 — transclusion attribute parsing. The basic
+//! `{{url|alt|key=val}}` shape was already wired; this test pins
+//! down quote-stripping on quoted values (`key="quoted value"`)
+//! so an HTML renderer doesn't double-emit `&quot;` artefacts.
+
+use nuwiki_core::ast::{BlockNode, InlineNode};
+use nuwiki_core::render::{HtmlRenderer, Renderer};
+use nuwiki_core::syntax::vimwiki::VimwikiSyntax;
+use nuwiki_core::syntax::SyntaxPlugin;
+
+fn parse(src: &str) -> nuwiki_core::ast::DocumentNode {
+    VimwikiSyntax::new().parse(src)
+}
+
+fn first_transclusion(doc: &nuwiki_core::ast::DocumentNode) -> &nuwiki_core::ast::TransclusionNode {
+    let para = match &doc.children[0] {
+        BlockNode::Paragraph(p) => p,
+        _ => panic!("expected paragraph"),
+    };
+    for child in &para.children {
+        if let InlineNode::Transclusion(t) = child {
+            return t;
+        }
+    }
+    panic!("no transclusion in paragraph");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn transclusion_attrs_strip_double_quotes() {
+    let doc = parse(r#"{{cat.png|cat|style="border: 1px"}}"#);
+    let t = first_transclusion(&doc);
+    assert_eq!(t.url, "cat.png");
+    assert_eq!(t.alt.as_deref(), Some("cat"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        t.attrs.get("style").map(String::as_str),
+        Some("border: 1px")
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn transclusion_attrs_strip_single_quotes() {
+    let doc = parse("{{cat.png|cat|class='thumb'}}");
+    let t = first_transclusion(&doc);
+    assert_eq!(t.attrs.get("class").map(String::as_str), Some("thumb"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn transclusion_attrs_leave_unquoted_values_alone() {
+    let doc = parse("{{cat.png|cat|width=200}}");
+    let t = first_transclusion(&doc);
+    assert_eq!(t.attrs.get("width").map(String::as_str), Some("200"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn transclusion_renders_clean_html_with_quoted_attr() {
+    let doc = parse(r#"{{cat.png|cat|style="border: 1px"}}"#);
+    let out = HtmlRenderer::new().render_to_string(&doc).unwrap();
+    assert!(out.contains(r#"style="border: 1px""#), "got: {out}");
+    assert!(!out.contains("&quot;"));
+}